Operation Sindoor: 25 minutes and 9 targets in Pak, 80 terrorists killed

In a swift and coordinated blitz lasting just 25 minutes, India carried out its most expansive cross-border strikes since Balakot, targeting nine terror facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) early on Wednesday, military officials said.

Codenamed Operation Sindoor, the strikes involved air, naval, and ground-based assets and were launched under the cover of darkness



in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians.

More than 80 terrorists linked to banned outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in the precision strikes, top sources said. The military action was measured and the targets were selected based on credible intel, the government said at a briefing.