'India Making Only Custom Match Attacks': Govt Sources On Retaliatory Strikes Against Pakistan
India launched retaliatory strikes on Pakistan overnight, striking three key military air bases in Rawalpindi, Shorkot and Chakwal areas in an effective response.
India launched retaliatory strikes on several Pakistani cities in the wee hours of Saturday, striking three military airbases, after Pakistan made several attempts to attack Indian Army bases and civilian areas, top government sources told CNN-News18.
Multiple blasts were heard in Islamabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi, as the Nur Khan Air Base in Rawalpindi, the Rafiqi Air Base in Shorkot, and the Murid Air Base in Chakwal came under attack. Indian drones also struck Pakistani posts in Sialkot and Narowal and the Serena Hotel near the Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad, according to defence sources.
According to government sources, India is making only custom match attacks, designed to match the threat posed by Pakistani attacks. 'Terror dens were attacked for the crime done by terror groups by killing innocent Indians. We didn't attack Pakistan military installations or civilian areas," sources told CNN-News18.
'Pakistan's attempts since yesterday were criminal acts. They tried multiple attacks on Indian army bases. They also attacked Indian civilian areas. Their crime list is very big. India is making only custom match attacks," they added.
India launched retaliatory strikes just hours after Pakistan carried out a new wave of drone attacks targeting 26 locations across the country on Friday, amid growing tensions between the two neighbours. According to sources, Indian forces also intercepted six ballistic missiles fired by Pakistan.
Three people from a family were injured in Punjab's Ferozpur after debris from a Pakistani drone fell on a house in a residential area. The victims were rushed to a private hospital.
This came a day after India shot down around 300-400 drones launched by Pakistan at 36 locations in the northern and western parts of the country. In response, Indian drones had swarmed Islamabad and Lahore, while its forces shot down an F-16 fighter jet in Rajasthan.
Tensions between the two neighbours soared after the Indian armed forces conducted precision strikes targeting terror launchpads in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on May 7, in response to the April 22 attack by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam in which 26 people were killed.
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