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.”
Pakistan’s DG ISPR, Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhary, said India struck sites in Kotli, Muridke, Bahawalpur, and Muzaffarabad.
Shortly after the strikes, NSA Ajit Doval spoke with US NSA and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and briefed him on the actions taken.
Meanwhile, the US President Donald Trump calls Indian strikes in Pakistan, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir a ‘shame’.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday reacted to reports of India’s military strikes on targets inside Pakistan, describing the situation as “a shame” and urging both countries to de-escalate.
“We just heard about it. It’s a shame,” Trump told reporters, commenting on what is being referred to as Operation Sindoor.
“I hope it ends very quickly. Nobody wants to see two powerful nations going down that road,” Trump added. “These are countries with long histories and deep tensions, but the world needs peace, not more conflict.”
The strikes come almost two weeks after the barbaric terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, in which terrorists 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.”
In response to the strikes, Pakistan has opened artillery fire along the Line of Control in the Bhimber Gali in the Poonch-Rajauri area, the Indian Army said. The troops are “responding appropriately in a calibrated manner,” they added.
India Today quoting sources reported that officials stated the strikes as highly precise and deliberately restrained, avoiding any encounter with the Pakistani military.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed that India conducted precision military strikes and said, “Pakistan has every right to respond forcefully to this act of war imposed by India, and a forceful response is being given.”
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh wrote “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” on his X handle. Minutes after India announced that it conducted the strikes, the Indian Army posted on X and said, “Justice is served. Jai Hind.”
Pakistan has vowed to retaliate after India’s airstrikes on Kotli, Bahawalpur, and Muzaffarabad. ISPR DG Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry condemned the strikes, calling them a “cowardly attack” and confirmed Pakistan’s response at a time and place of its choosing.
UN chief has called for maximum restraint between India and Pakistan.
Indian Embassy in Washington, US said that “India’s actions have been focused and precise. They were measured, responsible and designed to be non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani civilian, economic or military targets have been hit. Only known terror camps were targeted. Shortly after the strikes, NSA Shri Ajit Doval spoke with the US NSA and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and briefed him on the actions taken.”
Meanwhile, reports from Wuyen in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district said that some fighter aircraft crashed on a school building. More details about this incident are awaited.
Pakistani forces resorted to heavy artillery shelling in the Meendhar sector along the Line of Control. A civilian woman, Ruby Kour, wife of Shalu Singh, lost her life in Mankote sector of Mendhar subdivision as a result of the shelling. Authorities fear there may be more casualties.
