On May 6, 2025, security personnel stand near Dal Lake in Srinagar, India.
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India said in early Wednesday that its armed forces had carried out attacks against Pakistan and it is said to target the “terrorist infrastructure” to Pakistan -occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The country’s Ministry of Defense said, “Our works have been concentrated, measured and non-esklery in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted.”
The statement said that the operation follows a militant attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, killing 26 people and targeted nine sites last month.
“We are living for this commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable,” the statement said, while India said that “the method of great restraint and execution in the selection of goals.”
The Ministry of Defense said that it would later organize a detailed briefing on the “Operation Sindor” label strike during the day. The vermilion refers to a red or orange colored powder that is mostly worn by Indian Hindu married women.
According to AP, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said, “Pakistan has every right to give a strong response to this Act of war imposed by India, and is actually a strong response.”
British media outlet Parent told The Pakistani Defense Minister Khwaja Asif said that Indian missiles attacked at least two places in Kashmir administered Pakistan and five places in the country’s eastern Punjab province.
Asif also said that the country was “in the process of vengeance,” you will see Pakistan’s response before morning. “
US President Donald Trump Allegedly told reporters In the White House that “it’s a shame,” saying that “I think something was going to happen on the basis of some past. They have been fighting for a long time.”
Trump also said that he hopes it would be “very early”.
On Monday, United Nations General Secretary Antonio Gutres said In a post on X This should avoid a military confrontation for India and Pakistan as it can be out of control. “A military solution is not a solution.”
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