Pakistan hasn't won any wars against India...: US expert exposes where Pakistan stands amid threats post Operation Sindoor, says Islamabad should...
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Operation Sindoor: Pakistan has termed India's precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure inside the neighbouring country as an 'act of war', and vowed to strongly respond to the Indian attack in a manner of its choosing. However, despite Islamabad's threats of a retaliatory response, experts believe that launching a major attack will not be an easy task for the Pakistan Army as the enemy nation has never actually won any wars against India. 'Pakistan has lost every war against India'
Speaking to CNN after India briefed the world on Operation Sindoor, senior American journalist and foreign policy expert David Sanger pointed out that Pakistan has never been able to defeat India in any of the four major wars fought between the two nuclear-armed enemies.
'There have been four wars between India and Pakistan since 1947. Pakistan has lost every time. Their leadership is probably also aware of its position this time around,' Sanger said, reminding Islamabad of the crushing defeats it suffered in the 1948, 1965, 1971 and 1999 wars. Operation Sindoor
On Wednesday midnight, Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor, a series of deadly, precision strikes on terror infrastructures deep inside Pakistan on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, to avenge last month's heinous Pahalgam terror attack in which terrorists gunned down 26 civilians, mostly Indian Hindu tourists in Kashmir valley.
In a press briefing in national capital New Delhi Delhi hours after the military strikes, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh revealed the details and objectives of Operation Sindoor. They said that a total of nine terror camps of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Hizbul Mujahideen, were targeted by Indian forces, four of which are in mainland Pakistan while the remaining in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
According to details, more than 70 terrorists and their sympathizers, including 10 family member and four close aides of JeM chief Masood Azhar, were killed in the strikes. Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed was also reportedly injured in the assault, while his close aide was killed. Pakistan vows retaliation
Meanwhile, hours after the strikes, Pakistan's Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry confirmed the Indian missile strikes, claiming that 26 civilians were killed and 46 others injured in overnight Indian airstrikes targeting multiple civilian areas across Pakistan.
Addressing a presser on Wednesday, Chaudhry claimed that Pakistan's armed forces responded to Indian airstrikes in a 'measured and defensive' manner, asserting that the response was carried out in self-defence and without violating Indian airspace, the Express Tribune reported.
Chaudhry termed the strikes as an assault on Pakistan's sovereignty, and asserted that India's 'aggression' would be met with a full-strength response. 'Pakistan has the right to respond to any act of aggression in a manner and time of its choosing,' Chaudhry was quoted as saying.
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