Surgical Strikes 2.0: Twelve Indian Force Mirage-2000 jets crossed the Line of Control (LoC) early morning and destroyed terror camps of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot. Air strike, which has been dubbed surgical strikes 2.0, comes two weeks after a terror attack on CRPF solidiers in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.
As Foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale confirmed the air strike and said a large number of JeM terrorists, trainers and senior commanders were eliminated in largest JeM camp in Balakot. Camp was led by Maulana Yusuf Azhar alias Ustad Ghauri, brother-in-law of JeM Chief Masood Azhar. Government said the camp was located on a hilltop, deep in a forest, and far away from any civilian presence.
As per CNN-News18 that the air force dropped 1,000 kg laser-guided bombs on the terror camp. PM Narendra Modi chaired a high-level Cabinet Committee on Security meeting in New Delhi along with Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Arun Jaitley on the attack. Attack, which the government said was pre-emptive action in the face of more fidayeen strikes, took place at 3:30 am.
India put all IAF bases in the western sector on maximum alert after the Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
Retaliation has come days after the Pulwama attack, where 40 CRPF personnel were killed. Pakistan-based terror outfit JeM had claimed responsibility for the attack. The incident had escalated tensions between the two neighbours, with New Delhi vowing to take stern action against Islamabad.
As Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations Major-General Asif Ghafoor had tweeted saying that a "payload was released in haste, which fell near Balakot". However, no casualties or damage was reported, he added.
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