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The significance of Operation Sindoor in terms of damage to terror infra in PoJK and Pakistan cannot be understated. The targeted terror bases — which were carefully selected based on high quality intelligence — have been thoroughly damaged, especially the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) at Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) at Muridke.
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