India Strikes Back: Operation Sindoor Targets Terror Camps in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir Following Pahalgam Massacre

In a decisive retaliatory action that underscores India’s red lines on cross-border terrorism, the Indian Armed Forces, in the early hours of Wednesday, launched precision missile and air strikes on nine identified terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), including a key compound in Bahawalpur—long considered the headquarters of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror outfit.

Carried out under the codename Operation Sindoor, the strikes came barely two weeks after the gruesome Pahalgam massacre, in which 26 people, including 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen, were brutally killed in a terror attack that sent shockwaves across the nation and drew widespread international condemnation.

The Ministry of Defence, in a statement released at 1:44 a.m., confirmed the operation. “These actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature,” the statement read, emphasising that no Pakistani military infrastructure was targeted. “India has demonstrated considerable restraint in the selection of targets and method of execution.”

According to highly placed sources within the Indian security establishment, precision-guided munitions were used to strike three key sites each in Bahawalpur (Punjab province), Kotli and Muzaffarabad (PoK)—regions known to harbour deep terror networks run by groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba. All strikes were executed from within Indian airspace, utilising stand-off missile platforms to avoid aerial engagement.

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