India attacks "terrorist camps" in Pakistan

India has been conducting air strikes in Pakistan against terrorist targets on Tuesday, as New Delhi has confirmed. Islamabad had accused the neighboring country of violating its airspace by alleging the incursion of aircraft from the Indian region of Kashmir.

"The Indian Air Force launched an early airstrike in the terrorist lines of the control line, and completely destroyed them," Indian Minister of Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Twitter.

The operation involved 12 Mirage 2000 fighter planes that fired bombs with a total weight of 1,000 kilograms over the camps, Air Force sources told ANI.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that the attack reportedly killed between 200 and 300 terrorists from Jaish-e-Mohammad, the terrorist group allegedly involved in the attack of a police convoy that left behind dozens of deaths in the Indian region of Kashmir. weeks ago

After reports of the attack, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told Samaa TV that the people and military of his country were on standby and ready to defend the nation, and summoned a government emergency meeting to this end. Tuesday

Air raid

Earlier, General Asif Ghafoor, a spokesman for the Pakistani army, had pointed out that an Indian plane had crossed the line of control – the de facto border between the two countries – but had to face "a quick and effective response from the Pakistani air force."

The device "quickly released its payload by escaping," the spokesman said, adding that the cargo had fallen near the Pakistani town of Balakot without causing damage or injury.

According to India, this border town, located 50 kilometers from the line of control, houses training camps for separatist militants. Pakistan, for its part, denies these allegations.

RT.