Following Operation Sindoor, India thwarted Pakistan’s attempt to strike multiple military targets in northern and western India using drones and missiles on the intervening nights of Wednesday and Thursday.These included strikes targeting Awantipora, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bathinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj. These attacks were neutralised by the Integrated Counter-UAS Grid and Air Defence systems.Later, on Thursday morning, the Indian Armed Forces targeted air defence radars and systems at multiple locations in Pakistan. “Indian response has been in the same domain with same intensity as Pakistan’s,” said the MoD.“It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised,” the ministry added.Subsequently, Pakistan increased the intensity of its unprovoked firing across the LoC using mortars and heavy-calibre artillery in areas including Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar, and Rajouri sectors in Jammu and Kashmir. At least 16 civilians, including women and children have been killed under Pakistani firing.India was compelled to respond in kind to bring the mortar and artillery fire from Pakistan to a halt. The Indian Armed Forces reiterated their commitment to non-escalation, provided it is reciprocated by the Pakistani military, the MoD said.
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