India delivered a firm diplomatic counterpunch this week, rejecting Pakistan's protest against a joint statement with Japan that explicitly condemned "cross-border terrorism from Pakistan." The statement, issued after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi in New Delhi, also referenced the UN Security Council Monitoring Team's report linking the April 2025 Pahalgam attack to The Resistance Front, a front for Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. India's...