India Strikes Terror Camps Linked to 26/11, Pulwama, Pahalgam

India on Wednesday said it had carried out precision military strikes on nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK) during a 25-minute pre-dawn operation, which targeted sites affiliated to the Hafiz Saeed-led Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Maulana Masood Azhar-led Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)—both proscribed terrorist organisations—and linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the 2019 Pulwama attack, and the April 22 Pahalgam attack.

- BHASWAR KUMAR

Dubbed "Operation Sindoor", the retaliation to the Pahalgam terrorist attack included about 24 precision strikes across the locations that had been identified as hubs of terrorist activity, said a source in the know.

Among the 21 identified terrorist camps and training centres spread across Pakistan and PoJK, the Indian armed forces launched coordinated attacks on nine, deploying both fighter jets and armed drones for the operation. The strikes were likely executed using the French "SCALP" air-launched cruise missile, the French "HAMMER" smart air-to-surface stand-off weapon, loitering munitions, and other systems. The retaliatory strikes targeted major hubs linked not only to the LeT but also to the JeM—the group behind the Pulwama suicide bombing in 2019—and to the Hizbul Mujahideen.