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New Delhi: The Indian military has carried out precision strikes against terror bases within Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to an official statement from the Ministry of Defence released in the early hours of Wednesday.
The operation, codenamed “Operation Sindoor,” targeted nine locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the ministry confirmed in its 1.44am statement.
The statement emphasized that no Pakistani military facilities were targeted, describing the cross-border action as “non-escalatory” in nature.
The terse statement provided limited operational details, withholding information about which branch of India’s armed forces conducted the strikes, the timing of the operation, the extent of damage inflicted, or whether Indian forces sustained any casualties.
This military response follows the heinous terrorist attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pahalgam that claimed the lives of 27 tourists and a local pony-ride operator, with more than 20 others wounded. The nation has been anticipating retaliatory measures against Pakistan, which India holds responsible for orchestrating the Pahalgam atrocity.
The Ministry of Defence indicated that additional information regarding the operation would be disclosed in due course.
Later, the Indian Army posted on X saying: “#PahalgamTerrorAttack Justice is served. Jai Hind!”
Pakistan’s DG ISPR responds
The director general of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, has also released a statement on behalf of the Pakistani military acknowledging India’s military action inside Pakistan-controlled territory.
He said India has conducted aerial strikes on three locations: Bahawalpur, Kotli, and Muzaffarabad. In response, all Pakistan Air Force aircraft have been mobilized.
He further said the Indian strikes were executed from “within India’s own airspace.” In the statement, Chaudhry further said Pakistan will respond at a time and place of its own choosing, and this [Indian] action will not go unanswered. “The temporary pleasure of India will be replaced by enduring grief,” the Pakistani military threatened.
This is a developing story …
