- NEW DELHI — India
on Thursday said it foiled Pakistan military's attempts to attack 15 places in
Northern and Western India using missiles and drones, and destroyed a Pakistani
air defence system in Lahore as tensions between the two sides mounted amid
fears of a wider conflict.
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- The defence ministry said the Pakistani military attempted
last night to target Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar,
Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi,
Uttarlai, and Bhuj.
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- These attempts were neutralised by the Integrated Counter
Unmanned Aircraft System (Grid and Air Defence systems), it said.
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- The Pakistani attempt came after Indian armed forces early
Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan under Operation Sindoor.
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- The defence ministry said India called its anti-terror
response as "focused, measured and non-escalatory" and that Pakistani
military establishments had not been targeted.
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- "It was also reiterated that any attack on military
targets in India will invite a suitable response," it said.
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- "Today morning Indian armed forces targeted air defence
radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan. Indian response has
been in the same domain with the same intensity as Pakistan," the ministry
said in a readout.
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- "It has been reliably learnt that an air defence system
at Lahore has been neutralised," it said.
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- The ministry said Pakistan has increased the intensity of
its unprovoked firing across the Line of Control using mortars and heavy
calibre artillery in areas in Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar and
Rajouri sectors in Jammu and Kashmir.
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- "Sixteen innocent lives have been lost, including three
women and five children, due to Pakistani firing," the ministry said.
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- Here too, India was compelled to respond to bring mortar and
artillery fire from Pakistan to a halt, it said.
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- "Indian Armed Forces reiterate their commitment to
non-escalation, provided it is respected by the Pakistani military," the
ministry said.
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- In retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed
forces early Wednesday carried out the missile strikes on the terror targets
including Bahawalpur, a stronghold of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror group.
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- Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Wednesday that India
decided to carry out the "proportionate" strikes to bring the
perpetrators and planners of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack to justice as
there was "no demonstrable step" from Pakistan to act against
terrorist infrastructure on territories under its control.
