Elizabeth Roche
In a widely anticipated military response to the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, India struck nine locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Pakistan in the early hours of May 7.
Among the sites India targeted, four were in Pakistan and five in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. According to the Indian government, the targets were training camps and launchpads used by U.N.-proscribed groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, besides the Hizbul Mujahideen.
India’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement immediately after the conclusion of the operation that India’s actions were “focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature.”
“No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution,” the ministry said, adding that it aimed to ensure that those responsible for the Pahalgam attack were held accountable.
The attack in Pahalgam left 26 people, most of them Indian tourists, dead. It was claimed by a little-known group known as The Resistance Front (TRF), which India believes is an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba with links to Pakistan’s military spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
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