Overview

• India's Operation Sindoor, a 25-minute military action, destroyed nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including sites linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizbul Mujahideen.
• The strikes were described by India as focused, proportionate, and non-escalatory, deliberately avoiding Pakistani military assets to minimize the risk of wider conflict.
• Pakistan condemned the strikes as an act of war, alleging civilian casualties and vowing a 'befitting reply,' while engaging in heavy artillery and drone exchanges along the Line of Control.
• India justified the action as both punitive and pre-emptive, citing intelligence that additional cross-border terrorist attacks were imminent following the April 22 Pahalgam massacre that killed 26 tourists.
• International actors, including the UN and US, have urged both nations to de-escalate, as India remains on high alert for potential retaliatory actions from Pakistan.