Indian airlines have cancelled their flights from various cities across North India, including Srinagar that is shut down for operations in the wake of the strikes.
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Named Operation Sindoor, the strikes hit terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed, officials said.
Reuters reported citing witnesses that the city’s power was blacked out after the explosion.ALSO READ: Operation Sindoor: India launches targeted strikes at nine targets in Pakistan & PoK to avenge PahalgamThey said that nine sites were targeted and the actions carried out are focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. It was also made very clear that no Pakistani military facilities have been targeted.
India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution. According to ET sources, the strike was a joint operation by the Indian Army and Air Force using precision strike weapons.
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These steps come in the wake of the barbaric Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were murdered. We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable,” officials said.
News agency ANI, citing sources, reported that Indian forces deliberately selected strike locations to target senior leadership of Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba for their involvement in orchestrating and supporting terrorist activities against India.
