Operation Sindoor: Indian Forces Raze Sialkot's Two Terror Bases Behind Pathankot, Kashmir Attacks

Early connected Wednesday, Indian equipped forces executed 1 of their astir focused counter-terror offensives nether Operation Sindoor, striking 9 awesome panic camps crossed Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Among nan cardinal targets was Sialkot, a hotbed of panic activity located conscionable a fewer kilometres from nan Indian border.

Two camps successful Sialkot were reduced to rubble successful nan overnight rocket strikes. Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, speaking astatine nan Operation Sindoor briefing, revealed captious specifications astir these camps and their deep-rooted engagement successful past attacks connected Indian soil.

One of nan camps destroyed was nan Sarjal camp, located conscionable 6 km from India’s Samba region. According to Colonel Qureshi, "In March 2025, 5 Indian constabulary officers were killed successful Kashmir in a weapon conflict with the terrorists. Those involved successful nan onslaught were trained astatine this spot."

Another important onslaught deed nan Mehmoona Joya camp, situated 12 to 18 km from nan world border. Described arsenic “one of nan biggest camps of Hizbul Mujahideen,” this location had agelong served arsenic nan operational epicentre of violent activity successful Jammu. Colonel Qureshi added that nan Pathankot Air Force guidelines onslaught was “planned and initiated from this very camp.”

On nan different hand, Col. Sofiya Qureshi besides talked astir nan logic down selecting nan different onslaught sites. She said, "The videos show destroyed panic camps, including from nan Muridke wherever those progressive successful nan 2008 Mumbai Terror attacks – Ajmal Kasab and David Headley – received their training."

She confirmed that nary subject installation was targeted, and till now location were nary reports of civilian casualties successful Pakistan.

Among nan different sites targetted was Bahawalpur, nan office of JeM and is situated astir 400 km from Lahore. It houses nan group's operational nervus centre astatine nan Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah. Located astir 100 km from nan world border, Bahawalpur is nan 12th largest metropolis of Pakistan.

Among nan sites targeted by India was nan Jamia Masjid, said to beryllium dispersed crossed ~18 acres and serving arsenic JeM's hub for recruitment, fundraising and indoctrination. The tract was straight linked to nan Pulwama onslaught connected February 14, 2019, and houses elder JeM activity including Maulana Masood Azhar, Mufti Abdul Rauf Asghar, and Maulana Ammar.

The strikes were portion of a larger coordinated effort that targeted infrastructure tied to Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen. The Indian subject maintained that nan cognition was “focused, measured and non-escalatory,” aimed strictly astatine panic infrastructure while avoiding Pakistani subject sites.

Published on: May 7, 2025 1:57 PM IST