A city view of Muzaffarabad in PoK on May 7, 2025.
| Photo Credit: Reuters
Indian armed forces launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ late on Tuesday (May 6, 2025) hitting nine infrastructure targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) from where terrors attacks were “planned and directed” against India, the government announced early on Wednesday (May 7, 2025).
“Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,” the government said in a statement issued at around 1.45 a.m. on Wednesday (May 7, 2025).
These steps come in the wake of the barbaric Pahalgam terrorist attack on April 22 in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were killed. “We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable,” the government said adding that there will be detailed briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’, later on Wednesday (May 7, 2025).
Just few minutes after the official statement, the Army’s official handle on social media ‘X’ put out a post, “Justice is Served. Jai Hind,” along with the hashtag of Pahalgam Terror Attack.
An Indian military response has been widely expected and senior leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reiterated that the perpetrators behind the attack would not be spared. These are the third such punitive strikes against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK in the last decade – surgical strikes by Indian Army in September 2016 after the URI terror attack and the Balakot air strike by Indian Air Force against terror training camp in February 2019 after the Pulwama terror attack.
Last week, in a meeting with with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Anil Chauhan and the three Service Chiefs, Mr. Modi gave “complete operational freedom” to the forces to decide on the mode, targets, and timing of Indian response.
Since April 22, Pakistan Army has undertaken massive mobilization of troops and heavy equipment along the border with India and has been conducting several exercises along with issuing several ‘Nav area’ warnings and Notices to Airmen (NOTAM).
In contrast, while Indian armed forces too conducted several exercises, there was no massive mobilization undertaken.
Published – May 07, 2025 02:20 am IST
