New Delhi:
The Indian Armed Forces conducted precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam attacks in which 26 civilians were killed on April 22.
India struck bases in Pakistan and PoK from where terrorist attacks were being planned and directed. A total of nine sites were targeted in the overnight precision strikes under the codename ‘Operation Sindoor’.
India said, “Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution.”
The strikes come almost two weeks after the barbaric terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, in which terrorists from Pakistan shot dead 26 civilians in a tourist spot.
Minutes after India announced that it conducted the strikes, the Indian Army posted on X and said, “Justice is served. Jai Hind.”
Justice is Served.
Jai Hind! pic.twitter.com/Aruatj6OfA
— ADG PI – INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) May 6, 2025
Pakistan’s DG ISPR, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary, said India struck sites in Kotli, Muridke, Bahawalpur, and Muzaffarabad. Muridke is the headquarters of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Bahalwapur in Pakistan’s Punjab province is the base of Jaish-e-Mohammad, a terror outfit run by Masood Azhar.
India did not mention the name of the sites it targeted during ‘Operation Sindoor’. In response to the strikes, Pakistan has opened artillery fire along the Line of Control in the Bhimber Gali in Poonch-Rajauri area, the Indian Army said. The troops are “responding appropriately in a calibrated manner,” they added.
Pakistan again violates the Ceasefire Agreement by firing Artillery in Bhimber Gali in Poonch- Rajauri area.#IndianArmy is responding appropriately in a caliberated manner. pic.twitter.com/Bo7Cf8ISzn
— ADG PI – INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) May 6, 2025
The Indian Air Force has planned a two-day military drill in Rajasthan along the international border with Pakistan. The drills or war games will begin at 9:30 pm today and end at 3 am on Friday. A NOTAM or notice to airmen has been issued, ceasing all flight operations over a large area of the Thar desert.
India issues a NOTAM for a fairly large air exercise along the southern section of its border with Pakistan
Date 07-08 May 2025 pic.twitter.com/1TnccuRQ54— Damien Symon (@detresfa_) May 6, 2025
The strikes come hours before a planned security mock drill across the country for “effective civil defence in the event of a hostile attack”. It is planned in 244 districts, and it’s the first such drill being held since 1971, the year in which both countries went to war and Pakistan was split into two and Bangladesh was formed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had vowed to take vengeance for the worst-ever attack in Jammu and Kashmir since Pulwama in 2019.
The Prime Minister has chaired several meetings since the Pahalgam attack. Yesterday, hours before the strikes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh for more than half an hour amid speculation over how New Delhi would respond to the attack.
This meeting happened a day after the Prime Minister met Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh. The Prime Minister has by now met the chiefs of the Army, Navy and the Air Force.
