Reiterating that “We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this [Pahalgam terrorist] attack will be held accountable,” New Delhi announced that “the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir [PoJK] from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed.”

In this attack, nine sites were targeted with precision guided munitions [PGMs] during the intervening night of May 6/7, and post-strike visuals reveal heavy damage to the sites struck by missiles. Pakistan army’s elaborate air defence setup was caught completely unaware and this added to Rawalpindi’s discomfiture. 

Destruction of the Markaz Taiba camp in Muridke, which is the main terrorist training center of Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT] and Markaz Subhanallah in Bahawalpur, the headquarters and main recruitment center of proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammad [JeM] terrorist group has further embarrassed Rawalpindi since both LeT and JeM are its pet proxies and enjoy a quasi-military status. 

So, it would be fair to assume that Rawalpindi........

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