NEW DELHI: The Indian armed forces on Wednesday executed a meticulously deliberate retaliatory strike, codenamed ‘Operation Sindoor‘, dismantling 9 terrorist camps nestled inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).The operation, carried out in a speedy 25-minute window between 1.05 am and 1.30 am right this moment, focused key infrastructure belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Hizbul Mujahideen.Particulars of the operation had been unveiled in a press briefing held within the nationwide capital this afternoon, the place international secretary Vikram Misri, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh addressed the nation.What the federal government mentionedOverseas secretary asserted that the ‘barbaric’ Pahalgam terror assault that claimed 26 lives aimed to “undermine normalcy returning to Kashmir,” making a agency response crucial.Vikram Misri mentioned that Indian intelligence businesses had been monitoring terrorist actions and raised issues concerning extra terrorist assaults in India.“Our intelligence indicated that additional assaults in opposition to India are impending. Thus, compulsion, each to discourage and forestall and therefore earlier this morning, India exercised its proper to reply to deter such extra cross-border terrorism… Our actions had been measured and non-escalatory, proportionate and accountable. They targeted on dismantling terrorists’ infrastructure,” he mentioned.What occurred on Could 7 from 1:05am-1:30amColonel Sofiya Qureshi supplied an in depth breakdown of the focused websites, presenting visible proof of their destruction. The 9 terror camps focused had been:
- Shawai Nallah Camp, Muzaffarabad (PoK): An LeT coaching facility linked to assaults in Sonamarg, Gulmarg in 2024, and the latest Pahalgam assault.
- Muridke (Pakistan): A infamous camp the place perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai assaults, David Headley and Ajmal Kasab, acquired coaching.
- Sarjal camp, Sialkot (Pakistan): Positioned 6 km inside Pakistan, this LeT camp skilled terrorists concerned within the killing of 4 J&Ok police personnel.
- Markaz Ahle Hadith, Barnala (Bhimber, PoK): An important hub for weapons, IED, and jungle survival coaching.
- Markaz Abbas, Kotli (PoK): Located 13 km from the LoC, this LeT camp specialised in coaching ‘fidayeen’ suicide attackers.
- Mehmoona Joya camp, Sialkot (Pakistan): A significant Hizbul Mujahideen camp and a key management middle for terrorism within the Kathua-Jammu area, additionally implicated within the Pathankot air power base assault.
- Markaz Subhan Allah, Bahawalpur (Pakistan): The headquarters of the Jaish-e-Mohammed.
- Syedna Bilal camp, Muzaffarabad (PoK): A JeM staging space serving as a weapons depot, explosives storage, and jungle coaching middle.
- Maskar Raheel Shahid Gulpur Camp, Kotli (PoK): Positioned 30 km from the LoC, this LeT camp was linked to the Poonch assault in 2023 and the pilgrimage bus assault in 2024.
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh emphasised the strategic rationale behind ‘Operation Sindoor’. “9 terror camps had been focused and destroyed” in direct retaliation for the Pahalgam assault, she acknowledged. She additional highlighted the intensive terror infrastructure maintained by Pakistan for 3 a long time, comprising 21 recruitment and launch pad facilities.“The targets for Operation Sindoor had been based mostly on credible intelligence inputs and places that had been so chosen to keep away from harm to civilian infrastructure and lack of civilian lives,” Wing Commander Singh affirmed.The armed forces employed an array of weaponry, together with SCALP cruise missiles, HAMMER precision-guided bombs, and superior loitering munitions.