In a late-night missile attack, the Indian armed forces have struck nine terror targets deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK). In a statement released soon after the strikes, the Indian Ministry of Defence mentioned that terror infrastructure used to plan and direct strikes on India had been hit in the strikes.
India has hit cities in Punjab such as Bahawalpur and Muridke. The headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba are located in these two cities. Besides these two cities, targets have been hit in Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Gulpur, Bhimbher and Sialkot. This is the first time that India has struck targets in Punjab after the 1971 war. The strikes are also the first time that the country has depended on its missile arsenal to strike terror targets in Pakistan.
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The attacks are in response to the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed the lives of 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen. Pakistani armed forces facilities and establishments were not targeted by India. The attacks are said to be focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed the strikes and stated that his country will respond to the Indian strikes. DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry briefed the media in the early morning hours and listed out some of the targets destroyed in the Indian strikes. Pakistani troops have resorted to shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB). Three Indian civilians have died in the indiscriminate firing.
Due to the ongoing situation, airports such as Amritsar, Dharamshala, Jammu, Leh and Srinagar are closed to civilian air traffic.
