KATHMANDU: Ten hours after India launched strikes on nine sites hitting the terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Indian officials said that Operation Sindoor, which took place between 1.05 am and 1.30 am on Wednesday, targetted the headquarters of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Muhammad.

Colonel Sophiya Qureshi said that Operation Sindoor “was launched by Indian armed forces to deliver justice to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and their families. Nine terrorist camps were targeted and successfully destroyed.”

Explaining about the operation, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, during a briefing with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Col Qureshi, said that the action on the terror camps were undertaken through “precision capability” and with the use of “niche technology weapons” with “careful selection of warheads” to ensure that there were “no collateral damage”.

“The point of impact in each of the target was a specific building or a group of buildings and all the targets were neutralized with clinical efficiency,” Wing Commander Singh said.

Underlining that “no military establishments were targeted,” she added that “India has demonstrated considerable restraint in its response”. “However, it must be said that the Indian armed forces are fully prepared to respond to Pakistani misadventures, if any, that will escalate the situation.”

Col Qureshi and Wing Commander Singh gave a detailed presentation with footage of strikes and maps of the terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Col Qureshi said that the targets for “Operation Sindoor“was based on credible intelligence inputs and the role of these facilities in perpetrating the terror activities”. “The locations were so selected to avoid damage to civilian infrastructures and loss of any civilian lives. This was done with due diligence,” she added. (ANI)