Indian forces neutralised air defence system at Lahore, says defence min
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--Govt: Pak tried to engage military targets in north, west India Wed night
--Govt: Neutralised Pakistan's missile, drone attacks Wed night
--Govt: Targeted air defence radars, systems at several Pak locations on Thu
--Govt: Reliably learnt an air defence system at Lahore has been neutralised
--Govt: Pakistan has increased intensity of unprovoked firing across LoC
--Govt: 16 dead, including 3 women and 5 children, due to Pakistani firing
--Govt: Reiterate commitment to non-escalation, provided respected by Pak
NEW DELHI – The armed forces Thursday morning targeted air defence radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan and neutralised at least one air defence system in Lahore, the defence ministry said in a release. "The Indian response has been in the same domain with the same intensity as Pakistan," the ministry said. "It has been reliably learnt that an Air Defence system at Lahore has been neutralised."
The ministry said Wednesday night Pakistan tried to engage a number of military targets in northern and western India using drones and missiles. Pakistan targeted Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj, the defence ministry said. The Pakistani drones and missiles were neutralised by the integrated counter unmanned aerial systems grid and Indian air defence systems, according to the release.
"The debris of these attacks is now being recovered from a number of locations that prove the Pakistani attacks," the ministry said. "Pakistan has increased the intensity of its unprovoked firing across the Line of Control using mortars and heavy calibre artillery in areas in Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri, Poonch, Mendhar, and Rajouri sectors in Jammu and Kashmir." The ministry said 16 people, including three women and five children, were killed in the firing.
"Here too, India was compelled to respond to bring mortar and artillery fire from Pakistan to a halt," the ministry said. "Indian armed forces reiterate their commitment to non-escalation, provided it is respected by the Pakistani military."
Tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours have been high since terrorists killed 25 tourists and a Kashmiri in an attack in Pahalgam on Apr. 22. In retaliation, the armed forces launched "Operation Sindoor" in the early hours of Wednesday, striking at nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the strikes were carried out to deter and pre-empt more terrorist attacks from across the border. "Our intelligence monitoring of Pakistan-based terrorist modules indicated that further attacks against India were impending," Misri told reporters Wednesday. "India exercised its right to respond and pre-empt as well as deter more such cross-border attacks."
The foreign secretary also called the Indian action "non-escalatory, measured, proportionate, and responsible". End
Reported by Kuldeep Singh
Edited by Rajeev Pai
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