India announced that precise strikes have been carried out against nine targets in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to take down terror infrastructure. The strikes are in response to a the killing of 26 civilians, mostly tourists, who were targeted by terrorists in Pahalgam.
Shortly after the confirmation of military strikes in Pakistan, Indian Army said in a post on X “Justice is served. Jai Hind!”.
Operation Sindoor
- India’s Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a release that nine sites were targeted in the military strikes in Pakistan.
- Pakistan’s external affairs ministry in a statement said the Indian Air Force, while remaining within Indian airspace, attacked targets across the international border in Muridke and Bahawalpur, and across the Line of Control in Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) using standoff weapons.
- Claiming that the strikes resulted in casualties on the Pakistani said, the statement added, “Pakistan reserves the right to respond appropriately at a time and place of its choosing.”
- While PM Modi monitored Operation Sindoor through the night, India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval briefed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shortly after New Delhi’s strikes on Pakistan, the Indian embassy in Washington said.
Emphasising the strategic restraint exercised by the Indian forces, the Defence ministry said the selection of targets and method of execution were deliberately calibrated.
“India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,” the Ministry said.
Operation has sent a strong message to Pakistan after Pahalgam attack by conducting these precision strikes, and by naming it aplty ‘Operation Sindoor’. Sindoor is a mark of married Hindu women. The name of the operation directly invokes the image of ‘grieving wife’ that became the symbol of Pahalgm attack.
