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Operation Sindoor: The Indian Armed Forces on the night of Tuesday-Wednesday struck nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in a joint military operation named "Operation Sindoor". According to sources, quoted by ANI, four targets were located inside the undisputed Pakistan, in Bahawalpur, Muridke, and Sialkot. The other five were in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force worked together in Operation Sindoor and special precision weapons were used to target the hideouts of terrorists. News agency ANI, quoting sources, reported that Prime Minister Narendra Modi monitored the situation throughout the night. The attacks were aimed at locations linked to top leaders of terrorist groups Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), who have been accused of planning terror attacks in India, according to officials.

Muridke, located a short distance from Lahore, is home to a sprawling "markaz" or base of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Bahawalpur is the main stronghold of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). The other targets -- Kotli and Muzaffarabad -- are regions in PoK where both LeT and JeM have for long had camps and training facilities.

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The Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the targets were terror camps in Pakistan and PoJK, which have been used to plan attacks against India. "Our actions have been focused and limited. No Pakistani military base was targeted. India has shown restraint in both the choice of targets and how the operation was carried out," it 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," it added.

Weapons from all three services, including loitering munitions, were used. Intelligence agencies provided the exact coordinates. All strikes were launched from within Indian territory. A few hours after the operation, Pakistan violated the Ceasefire Agreement and fired artillery at the Bhimber Gali area in Jammu and Kashmir along LoC. Indian forces responded in a “calibrated” manner, officials said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said his country has every right to give a "befitting reply to this act of war imposed by India." "The Pakistani nation and the Pakistani armed forces know how to deal with the enemy very well," he said.

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Pakistan Army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that India carried out missile strikes at Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Bahawalpur in Punjab. "All of our air force jets are airborne. This cowardly and shameful attack was carried out from within India's airspace. They were never allowed to come and intrude into the space of Pakistan," he said.


(With Agencies Inputs)