India carried out 24 precision strikes on 9 terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in just 25 minutes under Operation Sindoor.
The action was in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and aimed at camps run by groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen.
No civilian areas or Pakistani military sites were targeted; only terrorist infrastructure was hit.
The Defence Minister said India acted with “precision, precaution, and compassion”.
All 9 targets were selected based on credible intelligence, located between 6 km and 100 km from the border.
Locations hit in PoK included camps in Muzaffarabad, Kotli, and Bhimber; in Pakistan, camps in Sialkot, Muridke, and Bahawalpur were struck.
The strikes used advanced technology weapons such as SCALP missiles, HAMMER bombs, and precision-guided artillery rounds, with no Indian jets crossing the border.
The Indian Army and Air Force jointly conducted the operation, using loitering munitions and 155mm Excalibur artillery shells.
India described the action as “measured, non-escalatory, and proportionate”, aimed at deterrence and pre-emption.
Air defence was placed on high alert across India in anticipation of any Pakistani retaliation.
This was India’s third major strike on Pakistani terror camps in a decade, after Uri (2016) and Balakot (2019).
Pakistan claimed 31 people were killed and 57 injured, and warned of a response at a “time and place of its choosing.”
India accused Pakistan of inaction and denial following the Pahalgam attack, saying this strike was necessary to hold perpetrators accountable.
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