Indian Air Force carried out on Tuesday an airstrike against a ‘terror camp’ located across the Line of Control (LoC) separating the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region and completely destroyed the facility, Indian Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said.
“Indian Air Force carried out aerial strike early morning today at terror camps across the LoC and Completely destroyed it,” Indian Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said.
The Indian Foreign Ministry stated that the airstrike was carried out due to Pakistan’s inability to take measures to destroy terrorist infrastructure.
“India has been repeatedly urging Pakistan to take action against the JeM to prevent jihadis from being trained and armed inside Pakistan,” the ministry said in a statement. “Credible intelligence was received that JeM was attempting another suicide terror attack in various parts of the country, and the fidayeen jihadis were being trained for this purpose. In the face of imminent danger, a preemptive strike became absolutely necessary”
Reacting to the incident, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan convened an emergency meeting, Radio Pakistan reported. According to his office, he vowed to “engage with global leadership to expose irresponsible Indian policy”. Earlier in the day, Spokesperson for the Pakistan Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor said that Indian aircraft had violated the Line of Control.
“Indian Air Force violated Line of Control. Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled. Indian aircrafts gone back”, the spokesperson said on Twitter.
According to Ghafoor, the Indian aircraft released their payload near the northeastern Pakistani town of Balakot, located close to the Line of Control, but no damage or victims have been reported.