New Delhi: Days after Pulwama attack, India on Tuesday carried out surgical strikes in Pakistan with top government sources saying that there were over 200 casualties from IAF strike. Reports say that terror launch pads across the LoC in Balakot, Chakothi and Muzaffarabad sectors have completely been destroyed along with JeM control rooms. Sources said ten Mirage 2000 aircraft dropped 1,000 kg bombs on terrorist camps across the LoC.
The strike by the Indian forces comes in less than two weeks after the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir by the Pakistan-based terror outfit JeM where 40 CRPF jawans were killed.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has faced intense pressure to respond to the Feb. 14 attack, which was claimed by Jaish-e-Muhammad, a Pakistan-based group designated as a terrorist organization by the United States.
India accuses Pakistan of sheltering and supporting groups like Jaish-e-Muhammad. Since 1989, such groups have waged an insurgency to end Indian rule in Kashmir. The Himalayan region has been divided between India and Pakistan for more than 70 years.