India has launched missile strikes on what it says are nine Pakistani ‘terror camps’ in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. This action comes after India accused Islamabad of being behind a fatal attack on its side of the disputed area.
The Indian Armed Forces carried out ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’ to target terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. These locations were allegedly used to plan and coordinate terrorist activities against India, the statement from the Indian Armed Forces reported.
No military facilities were targeted in the strikes, the statement added.
These military strikes took place at a time of heightened tensions between the two countries following a recent militant attack on tourists in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir.
India has blamed Pakistan for backing the militant attack, which Islamabad has denied.
The missiles struck locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in the country’s eastern Punjab province early Wednesday, according to three Pakistani security officials.
One of them struck a mosque in the city of Bahawalpur in Punjab, where a child was killed, and a woman and man were injured, one official said.
The officials said Pakistan had launched retaliatory strikes, without providing any details.
A city view of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administrated Kashmir, May 7, 2025. India fired missiles across the border into nine Pakistani ‘terror camps’ in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir early Wednesday
The strikes came amid soaring tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors over last month’s militant attack on tourists in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir
No military facilities were targeted in the strikes
The Pakistani army spokesman, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, told ARY News that the missiles were launched from within Indian territory and that no Indian aircraft had entered Pakistani airspace.
‘This was a cowardly attack targeting innocent civilians under the cover of darkness,’ Sharif told the broadcaster.
India’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday: ‘Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistan military facilities have been targeted,’ the statement said, adding that ‘India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution.’
‘We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable,’ the statement added.
The Indian army has also posted to X tonight writing that ‘Justice is Served’ and ‘Jai Hind!!’, which translates to ‘victory to India’.
Multiple explosions were heard in the Pakistani Kashmir area close to the city of Muzaffarabad on Tuesday night, according to Reuters.
Statement issued by India’s Ministry of Defence
India says it has launched an attack on Pakistan-administered Kashmir
Witnesses have reported that the city’s power is currently blacked out.
Indian fighter jets could be heard flying over Srinagar, the capital of Indian Kashmir, according to unconfirmed reports.
India on Wednesday also accused Pakistan of violating the ceasefire agreement with artillery fire across the dividing line in Kashmir, soon after New Delhi said that it had hit targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.
‘Pakistan again violates the Ceasefire Agreement by firing Artillery in Bhimber Gali in Poonch- Rajauri area,’ on the Indian side, Indian army said in a post on X.
The army ‘is responding appropriately in a calibrated manner,’ it added.
Commenting on the escalation from the Oval Office, US President Donald Trump told reporters: ‘We just heard about it as we were walking through the doors of the Oval…I guess people knew something was going to happen… They’ve been fighting for a long time… I just hope it ends very quickly.’
The attack from the Indian government comes after it vowed to retaliate following the ‘barbaric’ attack in which dozens of Indians were killed in Kashmir last month.
On April 22, gunmen burst out of forests at a popular tourist spot and opened fire on the crowds of visitors, killing 25 Indian residents and one person residing in Nepal.
The attack took place in Pahalgam, a picturesque town in the Himalayas often described as the ‘Switzerland of India’.
The attack from the Indian government comes after it vowed to retaliate following the ‘barbaric’ attack in which dozens of Indians were killed in Kashmir last month
Tensions have been rising between the two historical rivals since the tragedy, with fears that conflict could break out between the two nuclear-armed nations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to ‘identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers’
On April 22 gunmen burst out of forests at a popular tourist spot and opened fire on the crowds of visitors
Family members perform Hindu rituals in front of the body of Bharath Bhushan after the deadly attack in Kashmir
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded furiously to the incident by pledging a ‘punishment bigger than they can imagine’ for the perpetrators.
Tensions have been escalating massively between the two historical rivals since the tragedy, with fears that conflict could break out between the two nuclear-armed nations who have been bitter rivals since 1947, when the nations were split from British-controlled India.
The partition of the two nations established Pakistan as a Muslim-majority nation, while India was created as a Hindu-majority nation.
Britain’s decision, passed by parliament in July 1947, also gave Kashmir, as well as Jammu, the opportunity to decide which nation to join.
Kashmir’s monarch, the maharaja, initially decided that his nation should go it alone, claiming that it had been under the yoke of empires for centuries and had been ignored and under-developed.
But ultimately, the then-ruler of Kashmir agreed his nation should join India, in exchange for the former colony providing material support against Pakistan, which later triggered the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-48.
The attack took place in Pahalgam, a picturesque town in the Himalayas often described as the ‘Switzerland of India’
Years of conflict led to rebels in Kashmir waging an insurgency that began in 1989, seeking independence or a merger with Pakistan.
New Delhi has regularly blamed Islamabad for backing gunmen in Kashmir, though Pakistan denies this.
This is a breaking news story, more to follow.
