Operation Sindoor: Pakistan Army vows to retaliate 'at a time and place of its own choosing' after India's missile strikes on terror targets

Confirming that India carried out air strikes against the country, Pakistan Army said vowed that the “provocation” by India will not go unanswered.

In response to the dastardly terror attack in Pahalgam two weeks ago, in which 26 tourists were killed, India, on Wednesday morning carried out missile strikes—Operation Sindoor—on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.

According to India, the military action was "focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature".

Pakistan Army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said missiles fired by India targeted Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Bahawalpur in Punjab province.

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Some time ago, India launched air strikes on the Subhanullah mosque in Bahwalpur's Ahmed East area, Kotli and Muzaffarabad at three places from the air, he told ARY News channel. "All of our air force jets are airborne. This cowardly and shameful attack was carried out from within India's airspace. They were never allowed to come and intrude into the space of Pakistan,” he said.

“Let me say it unequivocally: Pakistan will respond to this at a time and place of its own choosing. This heinous provocation will not go unanswered,” he added.

He threatened that the "temporary happiness" that India achieved with this missile strike will be replaced with enduring grief.

Pakistan closed its airspace for all air traffic for 48 hours.

Ties between India and Pakistan plummeted following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. A few days ago, duringa high-level meeting with top defence brass, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the armed forces "complete operational freedom" to decide on the mode, targets and timing of the response to the Pahalgam terror attack.

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