Operation Sindoor: How India carried out precision strikes on Pakistan, PoK

India in the early hours of Wednesday carried out " Operation Sindoor " - a series of precision strikes successfully destroying 9 terrorist bases inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The tri-services operation - conducted jointly by the Army, Navy and the Air Force - was carried out from the Indian soil.

The defence ministry said Operation Sindoor was “focused, measured and non-escalatory” and avoided any Pakistani military facilities.


The targets included the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) headquarters in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) base in Muridke, news agency PTI reported. The strikes avenged the brutal April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 innocent civilians.

Here's how the strikes were carried out:

• The exact coordinates of the terrorist targets were provided by intelligence agencies.
• Indian forces had selected the location for strikes with the intent of targeting top Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar leadership for their role in sponsoring terrorist activities in India.
• The three services - the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force - jointly carried out the operation and mobilisation of assets and troops.
• Special precision munitions were used to target the terror camps.
• Of the nine targets successfully hit by the Indian forces, four were in Pakistan and five in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
• The targets in Pakistan included Bahawalpur, Muridke and Sialkot.

India targets Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba headquarters in Pakistan
The operation focused on the headquarters of banned terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Muridke. Bahawalpur has long served as JeM’s base since its founder, UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar, was released in 1999. JeM has been behind major attacks in India, including Pulwama and Parliament.

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LeT, led by Hafiz Saeed from Muridke, orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The defence ministry that no Pakistani military facilities were hit, calling the response “measured and non-escalatory.”

India briefs countries
Following the precision strikes, India reached out to several world capitals and briefed senior officials about its anti-terror actions against Pakistan.

NSA Ajit Doval spoke to US NSA and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and briefed him on the actions taken.

"India has credible leads, technical inputs, testimony of the survivors and other evidence pointing towards the clear involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in this attack," the Indian embassy in Washington said.

"It was expected that Pakistan would take action against terrorists and the infrastructure that supports them," it said.

"Instead, during the fortnight that has gone by, Pakistan has indulged in denial and made allegations of false flag operations against India," the embassy said.