Indian Strikes on Terror Sites in PoJK and Pakistan

Operation Sindoor Indian precision military strikes were carried out on May 7, 2025 against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Pakistan.

- SYED AALIYA

These strikes were in retaliation to a deadly terrorist attack on April 22, 2025 in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir in which 26 Indian civilians mostly tourists were killed.

A terrorist attack on April 22, 2025, in the Baisaran meadow, unleashed close to the Pahalgam tourist spot in Jammu and Kashmir, set off the conflict. Pakistan-based militant groups, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen, claimed responsibility of the attack that left 26 people, most of them tourists, dead. Indian leaders, such as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and the Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh among others, condemned the attack and accused Pakistan of aiding and abetting terrorism. Pakistan rejected these allegations, whereas India referred to its intelligence that the attackers, of which at least two were Pakistani nationals, had terrorists links across the Line of Control (LoC). The attack devastated the plans of Indian government to encourage tourism in Kashmir which was marred with decades of militancy, but had scenic beauty. Indian officials termed the incident as a conscious effort to destabilize the region and thus a quick and resolute action would be taken.