All madrasas & terror training centres were likely vacated on the morning of the Pehelgam attack much before it was perpetrated. Do you think Fauji Foundation are fools to repeat the same mistake twice after Balakot ?
This is the reason I've remarked earlier that there is no terror infrastructure you can target for the people have long gone underground only the buildings remain .
Modi could've chosen to bomb them this time with full tv footage resulting in total destruction of these structures likely with not many people inside & most guys here advocating immediate action would've gone orgasmic & creamed their pants. Yet he didn't .
You're likely not going to see Azhar & Hapig Saeed for a long time in public if at all.
Whom else do you target then? I suggested the puppet masters. To reiterate , destroy they war machinery by targeting capital assets of the PN & PAF but not the PA without attacking their bases , drawing the latter into an air war & killing the PN on the high seas.
This way you set those armed forces back decades & given the current economic situation they don't have the resources to replace them likely forever. Not only would they think 10 times before planning the next terrorist attack they'd be virtually devoid of any major air & naval cover then .
Easier said than done , I know. But with the right planning , tactics & a bit of luck it's doable.
Once you've inflicted significant damage call for a unilateral CF. Then over a period of time graduate your attacks across the LoC from small arms fire & mortars to artillery . Intensify them to the point that nothing within 50 kms of the LoC is standing & do it for a substantial period of time , say like a year or more.
When you've tied down a significant portion of Fauji Foundation this way that leaves the TTP , the Balochi Sarmachars & other groups of freedom fighters to have a free run of the rest of the country. Increase support to these forces thru Afghanistan.
All this requires extensive planning not the wham bam thank you ma'am quickies tik tok generation is fantasizing about.