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Pakistan Confirms Indian Strike Damaged Nur Khan Air Base, Citing 80-Drone Assault

The rare public admission by Islamabad aligns with satellite evidence from May and underscores how close the four-day confrontation came to wider escalation before a ceasefire.

File photo of Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Ishaq Dar.
Asif Ali Zardari was addressing an event on the death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto.
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Overview

  • Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said India sent at least 80 drones over 36 hours and that one struck Nur Khan Air Base, damaging the facility and injuring personnel.
  • Dar’s briefing marks Pakistan’s clearest acknowledgment to date of the May strikes under Operation Sindoor, which followed the April Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians.
  • Commercial satellite imagery published in mid-May showed damage at multiple Pakistani air bases, including Nur Khan, Mushaf (Sargodha), Bholari and Shahbaz (Jacobabad).
  • President Asif Ali Zardari recounted being urged to move to a bunker during the strikes, highlighting the alarm within Pakistan’s leadership at the time.
  • India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri confirmed that both sides agreed on May 10 to halt operations across all domains after Pakistani DGMO outreach, while casualty figures and the scale of damage remain disputed.