Early on Wednesday, the Indian armed forces executed “Operation Sindoor,” precisely striking nine areas of terrorism infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Direct response to the April 22 Pahalgam attack, which took 26 civilian lives, the operation followed Verifying the strikes, the Indian Army tweeted on X, “Justice is served. Jai Hind!
Having promised a strong reaction to the Baisaran terror incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi watched the operation attentively all through the evening.
Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in a briefing that the targets were chosen depending on reliable intelligence verifying their connections to terror operations. Col. Queshi underlined that during the strikes no Pakistani military infrastructure was targeted.
Furthermore, foreign secretary Misri said, studies on the Pahalgam attack have unequivocally shown links to Pakistan.
List of Sites Aimed at in Sindoor Operation
About 100 miles from the International Border, Bahawalpur acts as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) headquarters.
Muridke is a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) camp 30 miles from the border opposite Samba.
Gulpur: About 35 miles in the Poonch-Rajouri sector from the LoC.
Thirty kilometres inside PoK in the Tangdhar area lies Sawai (LeT camp).
A JeM launchpad is Bilal Camp.
About 15km from the LoC near Rajouri, Kotli (LeT camp)
Ten kilometres from the LoC running opposite Rajouri is Barnala Camp.
About 8km from the International Border, Sarjal Camp is a JeM establishment across Samba-Kathua.
Mehmoona Camp is 15 km from the IB close to Sialkot, a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) training ground.
Operation Sindoor | Main Points of Interest
Following effective strikes on terrorist facilities in Pakistan and PoK as part of “Operation Sindoor,” the Indian Army said “Justice is served.”
The Ministry of External Affairs of Pakistan verified that employing standoff weapons, the Indian Air Force struck targets across the International Border in Muridke and Bahawalpur as well as across the LoC in Kotli and Muzaffarabad while still inside Indian airspace.
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General responded by warning that India’s “temporary pleasure will be replaced by enduring grief,” adding Islamabad would respond at a time and place of their choosing, vowing that the strikes “will not go unpackled.”
Rising tensions caused all of the educational institutions in the border districts of Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Rajouri, and Poonch to close on Wednesday. Additionally ordered closed are schools in Rajasthan and Punjab border districts.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said at a press conference that since the Pahalgam assault Pakistan has not acted against terrorist infrastructure. He underlined that Lashkar-e-Taiba is connected to the Resistance Front, which took ownership of the attack.
