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.
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— 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’.
The strikes come hours before a planned security mock drill across the country for “effective civil defence in the event of a hostile attack”.
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 comes 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.
