 "Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri during a press briefing in New Delhi. ANI File")
Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Wednesday briefed 13 foreign envoys in the national capital, giving a detailed account of the recent escalation along the Line of Control and India’s measured military response to avenge Pahalgam terror attack.
According to a News18 report, four key points were highlighted during the briefing: the recent escalation by Pakistan, its continued shielding of The Resistance Front (TRF), the fact that India’s response was targeted, measured, and non-escalatory, and how Pahalgam terror attack was a barbaric attack.
Misri also made it clear that if Pakistan retaliates to India’s early morning strikes, India will respond in equal measure.
One of the envoys raised a question about whether the recent developments amounted to an escalation by India, to which the India responded that the action was a direct response to Pahalgam terror attack and should not be viewed as escalation.
When asked whether the operation had achieved its objectives, Indian officials confirmed that nine terror-linked sites were successfully targeted.
Early on Wednesday, Indian armed forces destroyed nine terrorist infrastructure including that of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in a 25-minute-long “measured and “non-escalatory” missile and drone strike to avenge dastardly terror attack in Pahalgam.
Under ‘Operation Sindoor’, the Indian military targeted Markaz Taiba of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Muridke, Markaz Subhan Allah of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Bahawalpur and Hizbul Mujahideen’s Mehmoona Joya Facility in Sialkot and LeT’s base in Markaz Ahle Hadith in Barnala and its camp in Muzaffarabad’s Shawai Nalla.
The operation was conducted from 1:05 am to 1:30 am and all the targets were neutralised with clinical efficiency.
With inputs from agencies