BIG BREAKING: India launches ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, Hits 9 Terrorist Camps In Pakistan, PoK

Operation Sindoor: The Indian Armed Forces post Tuesday midnight launched 'OPERATION SINDOOR’ and targeted terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), in its first kinetic response to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack.

The Ministry of Defence in a statement said that the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed.

Altogether, a total of 9 sites have been targeted. 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, the Defence Ministry said.

These steps come in the wake of the barbaric Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were murdered. We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable. There will be detailed briefing on ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, later today, the Ministry of Defence added.

According to reports, India launched air strikes on Subhanullah mosque in Bahwalpur’s Ahmed East area, Kotli and Muzaffarabad.

Soon after the attack, the Indian Army took to X, formerly Twitter, and wrote, “Justice is served. Jai Hind” as it paid tributes to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack when Pakistan-backed terrorists shot dead 26 innocent civilians in Kashmir after singling them out and hand-picking Hindus. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised the people of the country that India will identify, nab the perpetrators, handlers and backers of the cowardly and barbaric terror act and bring them to justice.

India's action has come after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a recent statement assured citizens that the government under the leadership of PM Modi will do what the people of the country wants.     

List of sites India targeted in Pakistan, PoK to avenge Pahalgam terror attack

1. Bahawalpur, located around 100 km from international boundary, was the headquarters of JeM.
2. LeT camp in Muridke, 30 kms from border opposite Samba.
3. Gulpur, 35 kms from LoC in Poonch-Rajauri.
4. LeT camp in Sawai. 30 kms inside PoJK in Tangdhar sector.
5. JeM camp in Bilal camp.
6. LeT camp in Kotli, situated 15 kms from Line of Control opposite Rajouri. The camp has a capacity to accommodate 50 terrorists.
7. Barnala camp, situated 10 kms from LoC, opposite Rajouri.
8. JeM camp in Sarjal, situated about 8 kms from international border, opposite Samba-Kathua.
9. Hizbul Mujaheddin terror camp in Mehmoona, 15 kms from international border, near Sialkot.

The anti-terror sites targeted by India in Pakistan and PoK backed by terror groups LeT, JeM, HM and were being backed by Pak's Inter-Services Intelligence. 

The operation was jointly carried out by the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force, with the mobilisation of assets and troops. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was constantly monitoring Operation Sindoor throughout the night.   

Operation Sindoor was launched by the Indian Armed Forces to deliver justice to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and their families. Nine terrorist camps were targeted and successfully destroyed. The locations were so selected to avoid damage to civilian infrastructures and loss of any civilian lives.

Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, while addressing a press briefing, presented videos showing destroyed terror camps, including Sarjal camp, Sialkot, which lies 6 km inside Pakistan.

Terror site Markaz Subhan Allah, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed, were targeted by Indian Armed Forces.

Markaz Ahle Hadith, Barnala and Markaz Abbas, Kotli are located 9 km and 13 km from LoC, respectively, were targeted by the Indian Armed Forces as a part of Operation Sindoor.

Colonel Sofiya Qureshi presented videos showing destroyed terror camps, including from the Muridke where those involved in the 2008 Mumbai Terror attacks - Ajmal Kasab and David Headley received their training.

Video shows multiple hits on the Mundrike and other terrorist camps in Pakistan and PoJK.

Colonel Sofiya Qureshi mentioned that military installation was targeted, and till now there are no reports of civilian casualties in Pakistan.