Operation Sindoor: PM Modi hails action by security forces at Cabinet meet

Following Operation Sindoor Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Indian armed forces for carrying out targeted strikes at terror camps in Pakistan and PakistanOccupied KashmirThe prime minister chaired a meeting of the Union Cabinet hours after Operation Sindoor was launched to destroy terror targets in Pakistan and PakistanOccupied KashmirSoon after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh informed the Cabinet about Operation Sindoor the entire Cabinet hailed the action and the prime ministers leadership with thumping of desksPM Modi is also learnt to have said that his government will have zero tolerance towards terrorThe prime minister also separately met the Defence Minister and NSA Ajit Doval and took stock of the evolving situation sources told PTIRetaliating against the Pahalgam terror attack Indian armed forces early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and PakistanOccupied Kashmir including the JaisheMohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and LashkareTaibas base in MuridkeThe prime minister had earlier given full operational freedom to the armed forces to decide on the targets manner and timing of the action against terror in the wake of the Pahalgam attack in which 26 civilians were killedThe Indian Armed Forces on Wednesday shared details about Operation Sindoor a targeted strike mission to destroy terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attackAddressing a press briefing in the national capital hours after the targeted strikes Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh outlined the objectives of the operation and provided details on destroyed terrorist camps Four of the nine targeted terrorist camps are in Pakistan and the remaining are in Pakistanoccupied KashmirThe operation executed by the Indian Armed Forces dismantled terror infrastructure linked to LashkareTaiba LeT JaisheMohammed JeM and Hizbul Mujahideen Colonel Qureshi detailed the targeted camps stating that the four terrorist camps destroyed in Pakistan are Bahawalpur Muridke Sarjal and Mehmoona JoyaFirst is Sarjal camp Sialkot which lies 6 km inside Pakistan Its the camp where those terrorists involved in the March 2025 killing of four Jammu and Kashmir police personnel received their training she saidShe also highlighted the Mehmoona Joya camp in Sialkot located 1218 km inside PakistanSecond is Mehmoona Joya camp Sialkot which lies 1218 km inside Pakistan Its one of the biggest camps of Hizbul Mujahideen It is one of the control centres for spreading terrorism in the Kathua Jammu region she saidThe strikes conducted between 105 am and 130 am early on Wednesday were a coordinated effort by the Indian Army Navy and Air Force targeting nine terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK based on credible intelligenceOperation Sindoor was launched to avenge the Pahalgam attack attributed to Pakistanbased terrorist groups including LeTs offshoot The Resistance Front TRF The operation also targeted five camps in PoK linked to earlier attacks such as those in Sonamarg October 20 2024 Gulmarg October 24 2024 and the April 20 2023 and June 9 2024 pilgrimage bus attacksWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params