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EP-392 | Beyond Kashmir: Is the Target the Whole of India? | Author Abhinav Pandya
Episode 392
Wednesday, 25 February, 2026

Abhinav Pandya is an author and scholar who has studied the concept of jihad in great depth. He has also advised the former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik, on security matters.In this edition of the ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, the conversation focuses on the challenges India faces as a target of global jihad. With what appears to be an emerging axis involving Turkey, Pakistan, China and even Bangladesh, is India facing a larger strategic encirclement?Is Kashmir the central objective, or is the target much bigger, the whole of India? And most importantly, what must India do to counter this jihadist strategy?Timestamps00:00 – Introduction01:15 – Balochistan Uprising05:15 – Pakistan’s Double Standards09:03 – How the ISI Controls Pakistan13:39 – The Core Issue of Kashmir15:46 – Pak’s Interference in Kashmir’s Politics21:53 – Pakistan-Sponsored Terrorism25:08 – Entire India Pakistan’s Target?32:23 – Pakistan’s Foreign Relations35:11 – Pakistan–Bangladesh Ties40:12 – Global Superpower vs Civilizational Power43:06 – South Asia & the Ottoman Empire47:32 – Hybrid Militancy in Kashmir53:05 – Al-Falah University’s Terror Links1:00:47 – Militancy in Kashmir1:06:07 – How Should India Tackle Terrorism?1:15:25 – Satya Pal Malik’s “Fax Machine” Story1:23:34 – Kashmir After Article 3701:27:36 – How to Deal with Terrorism1:29:26 – West Asia Conflict Explained1:32:52 – Operation Sindoor1:34:52 – Khalistan