Nine sites “from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed” were struck, the Ministry of Defence said. A detailed briefing on Operation Sindoor is expected later in the dayread moreThe Indian Armed Forces launched a series of precision strikes under ‘Operation Sindoor’, targeting terrorist infrastructure located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). According to a statement by the Ministry of Defence in the early hours of Wednesday (May 7).Nine sites “from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed” were struck, the Ministry said.The action comes in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 25 Indian citizens and one Nepali national were killed on April 22. The government had vowed accountability for the perpetrators, and Operation Sindoor appears to be the first kinetic step in that direction.STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADIn the statement issued after the operation, MoD emphasised that India’s actions “have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted.”More from India
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India conducts Operation Sindoor post-Pahalgam; Armed forces hit terror camps in Pak, PoK
