The Crossbill News Desk
Hours after India launched a series of strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under “Operation Sindoor,” the government announced that one of the targeted sites was the training camp used by terrorists Ajmal Kasab and David Headley.
The operation, described as focused and non-escalatory, targeted nine locations believed to house critical terrorist infrastructure.
Addressing the media in New Delhi, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh shared details of the operation.
Colonel Qureshi presented video footage of the damaged sites, including camps in Muridke, where 26/11 attackers Ajmal Kasab and David Headley were allegedly trained.
The officials emphasized that the strikes were designed to dismantle the infrastructure used to orchestrate attacks on India and to hold perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack accountable.
“A little while ago, the Indian armed forces launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed,” the Ministry of Defence said in an official statement.
“Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,” it added.
Misri noted, “It was deemed essential that the perpetrators and planners of the Pahalgam attack be brought to justice. Despite a fortnight having passed, there has been no demonstrable step from Pakistan against terrorists' infrastructure in its area," adding that "Pahalgam terror attack was a barbaric attack on Indians."
"Pakistan is safe haven for terrorists," he declared.
Four of the nine sites targeted are of particular strategic significance. In Pakistan’s Punjab province, Bahawalpur and Muridke were hit. Bahawalpur is widely recognized as a Jaish-e-Mohammed stronghold, led by Masood Azhar—who was released by India in 1999 during a hostage exchange. Muridke, near Lahore, is known as the headquarters of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks. It houses the Markaz-e-Taiba complex, which Indian and international security agencies have long identified as a terror hub.
In PoK, Indian forces struck at Kotli and Muzaffarabad. Kotli, located near India’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, is believed to facilitate cross-border militant infiltration. Muzaffarabad, the capital of PoK, has been described by Indian intelligence as a logistical base for multiple armed groups attempting to enter India, often allegedly supported by the Pakistani military.
Operation Sindoor, India emphasized, was a direct response to the Pahalgam attack and reflected the country's commitment to uprooting terror at its source. The Indian government maintained that all actions were carried out within Indian airspace using precision stand-off weapons, with intelligence provided by national agencies.
In response to the strikes, Rajesh Narwal, father of Indian Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal who was killed in the April 22 attack, welcomed the military response, calling it a necessary and deterrent measure against future acts of terror.
The operation, described as focused and non-escalatory, targeted nine locations believed to house critical terrorist infrastructure.
Addressing the media in New Delhi, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh shared details of the operation.
Colonel Qureshi presented video footage of the damaged sites, including camps in Muridke, where 26/11 attackers Ajmal Kasab and David Headley were allegedly trained.
The officials emphasized that the strikes were designed to dismantle the infrastructure used to orchestrate attacks on India and to hold perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack accountable.
“A little while ago, the Indian armed forces launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed,” the Ministry of Defence said in an official statement.
“Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,” it added.
Misri noted, “It was deemed essential that the perpetrators and planners of the Pahalgam attack be brought to justice. Despite a fortnight having passed, there has been no demonstrable step from Pakistan against terrorists' infrastructure in its area," adding that "Pahalgam terror attack was a barbaric attack on Indians."
"Pakistan is safe haven for terrorists," he declared.
Four of the nine sites targeted are of particular strategic significance. In Pakistan’s Punjab province, Bahawalpur and Muridke were hit. Bahawalpur is widely recognized as a Jaish-e-Mohammed stronghold, led by Masood Azhar—who was released by India in 1999 during a hostage exchange. Muridke, near Lahore, is known as the headquarters of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks. It houses the Markaz-e-Taiba complex, which Indian and international security agencies have long identified as a terror hub.
In PoK, Indian forces struck at Kotli and Muzaffarabad. Kotli, located near India’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, is believed to facilitate cross-border militant infiltration. Muzaffarabad, the capital of PoK, has been described by Indian intelligence as a logistical base for multiple armed groups attempting to enter India, often allegedly supported by the Pakistani military.
Operation Sindoor, India emphasized, was a direct response to the Pahalgam attack and reflected the country's commitment to uprooting terror at its source. The Indian government maintained that all actions were carried out within Indian airspace using precision stand-off weapons, with intelligence provided by national agencies.
In response to the strikes, Rajesh Narwal, father of Indian Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal who was killed in the April 22 attack, welcomed the military response, calling it a necessary and deterrent measure against future acts of terror.
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