Pakistan attacked civilian infrastructure, we struck military targets in response: India
India on Saturday said that the Pakistani military had targeted medical centres and schools at three air bases in Jammu and Kashmir, and that the Indian military had responded by striking military targets in Pakistan.
The three bases where Pakistan targeted civilian infrastructure on Friday night were Srinagar, Awantipur and Udhampur.
India called the Pakistani attacks an example of “their irresponsible tendency of attacking civil infrastructure”.
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh of the Indian Air Force said that Pakistan attempted aerial infiltrations at more than 26 locations. While majority of these attempts were neutralised by the Indian armed forces, “limited damage was sustained to equipment and personnel [were injured] at Indian air force bases in Udhampur, Pathankot, Adampur and Bhuj, and the Bathinda station”.
India gave a “swift and calibrated response” precisely striking “only identified military targets” in Pakistan while ensuring “minimum collateral damage”, Singh said.
The targets included technical infrastructure, command and control centres, radar sites and weapons storage areas, the military said.
“Pakistan military targets at Rafiqi, Murid, Chaklala [in Rawalpindi], Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur and Chunian were engaged using air-launched precision weapons from our fighter aircraft,” the Indian armed forces said.
The headquarters of the Pakistan Army is located in Rawalpindi.
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