In 4 days, India hit terror infra, key military facilities in Pak

Weapons included Rafale-launched Scalp cruise missiles and Hammer smart weapon, guided bomb kits, M777 howitzers, and loitering munitions

- Rahul Singh

NEW DELHI: The US-brokered ceasefire between India and Pakistan has for now ended hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours who were on the brink of a full-blown shooting war after military confrontations involving fighter jets, missiles, precision weapons, kamikaze drones and artillery guns escalated sharply during the last four days as India struck several terror sites, air bases and military installations in Pakistan which made desperate attempts to hit military infrastructure and civilian areas in several Indian states.

A halt to the fighting—at least on paper; there were reports of Pakistan violating the ceasefire across the Line of Control (LoC)—has prevented a wider conflict and put the spotlight on the battle outcomes for the two sides after India launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of May 7 as a direct military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror strike that killed 26 people, officials tracking the events following the operation said on Saturday.

"We smashed the terror infrastructure there, hit their air defences and targeted several of their airbases. The Indian forces had a good run during the last four days. Pakistan's counter-offensive was mostly thwarted," said one of the officials, asking not to be named.