Overview

• New textbooks in Pakistan depict India as the aggressor in early May, assert that Pakistani forces destroyed Indian airbases, and declare the episode a Pakistani victory.
• Indian statements say Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7 after the Pahalgam massacre and comprised precision strikes on terror hideouts in Pakistan and PoK while avoiding civilian and military structures.
• Reports in the coverage say Pakistan conducted drone and missile attacks on Indian cities including Amritsar, Jammu and Srinagar, after which India struck targets such as the HQ‑9 system in Lahore and multiple Pakistani airbases and sites.
• Indian forces and independent OSINT analysts presented satellite images and videos to challenge claims in the textbooks about damage and outcomes, including imagery from bases Pakistan said it had destroyed.
• The textbooks also credit a ceasefire to U.S. intervention and cite General Asim Munir’s elevation to Field Marshal as proof of success, which Indian reporting characterizes as narrative‑building rather than battlefield achievement.