India strikes nine sites in Pakistan, PoK in response to Pahalgam attack

The Indian military on Wednesday carried out airstrikes against terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, the defence ministry said.

Nine sites were targeted by the Indian Air Force as part of Operation Sindoor, the ministry said.

“Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature,” the ministry said. “No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and methods in Pakistan.”

“We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for the attack will be held accountable,” it added.

The Indian Army’s additional directorate general of public information said that “justice is served”.

More details will be provided later on Wednesday, the ministry said.

Pakistan acknowledged that the India had carried out the airstrikes.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistani forces had “every right to respond forcefully” and that a “forceful response is being given”.

The casualties and damage caused by the airstrikes were not immediately clear. But the Pakistani military said that there had been deaths.

Hours after the airstrikes, Pakistan violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control by firing artillery in Poonch-Rajauri area’s Bhimber Gali area, the Indian Army said, adding that it had responded in a calibrated manner.

The terror attack at the Baisaran area near Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam town on April 22 left 26 persons dead and...

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