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India executed Operation Sindoor as a calibrated army response to the Pahalgam terror assault, focusing on key terrorist hubs in Pakistan, together with Muridke and Bahawalpur.
New Delhi:
‘Operation Sindoor’, India’s calibrated army response to the Pahalgam terror assault, included a strike on Muridke in Pakistan’s Punjab, which is dwelling to the headquarters of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and is called the “terror nursery” of Pakistan.
The Hafiz Saeed-led terror outfit is believed to be behind the April 22 assault in Baisaran close to Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam wherein 26 folks, most of whom have been vacationers, have been killed.
The headquarters of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and its entrance organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa in Muridke is unfold over roughly 200 acres and homes a terror coaching camp in addition to different infrastructure.
Muridke is a significant business hub and is about 40 km from Lahore.
India’s strikes additionally focused Bahawalpur in Pakistan’s Punjab and Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The selection of Bahawalpur can be vital as a result of it serves as the bottom of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the phobia group whose chief, Masood Azhar, is the mastermind behind the 26/11 assaults in Mumbai in 2008.
Sources have stated that Kotli and Bahawalpur have been additionally amongst doable targets that the Indian Armed Forces had in thoughts whereas responding to the Pulwama terror assault in 2019, wherein terror bases in Balakot have been struck.
In an announcement, the defence ministry stated Wednesday’s strikes, which befell at 1.44 am, have been a “exact and restrained response” to the barbaric Pahalgam terror assault and burdened that no Pakistani army services have been hit, reflecting India’s “calibrated and non-escalatory strategy”.
Emphasising the retaliatory nature of the strikes, the ministry stated, “This operation underscores India’s resolve to carry perpetrators accountable whereas avoiding pointless provocation.”
India has additionally stated that it anticipated Pakistan to behave towards terrorists after the Pahalgam assaults nevertheless it “indulged in denial” as an alternative.
All three branches of the Indian Armed Forces, the Military, Air Pressure and Navy, have been concerned within the precision strike – the primary such joint operation since 1971.
Pakistan once more violates the Ceasefire Settlement by firing Artillery in Bhimber Gali in Poonch- Rajauri space.#IndianArmy is responding appropriately in a calibrated method. pic.twitter.com/mbOXnQ5mMd
— ADG PI – INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) Might 6, 2025
Pakistan has stated it retains the “proper to reply” and has violated the ceasefire in a number of areas. “Pakistan once more violates the Ceasefire Settlement by firing artillery in Bhimber Gali within the Poonch-Rajouri space. Indian Military is responding appropriately in a calibrated method,” the Extra Directorate Basic of Public Data (ADG PI) posted on X.