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Informist, Sunday, May 11, 2025

--Military officer: All pilots back safely after Operation Sindoor aim met 

--Military officer: Achieved what we wanted from Operation Sindoor 

--Military officer: No Pakistan planes could cross Indian borders 

--Military officer:Seen some infiltration bids by Pak in ceasefire violation 

--Military officer:Aimed terrorists, only retaliated to Pakistan's offensive 

--Military officer:Pak military attacked after India targetted terror camps 

--Military officer: No damage on ground from Pakistan's mass raids 

--Military officer: Response to Pak was measured to avoid civilian damage 

--Military officer: Pakistan army lost 35-40 personnel in last 1 week 

NEW DELHI - Underlining that India is still in combat situation, the Indian Air Force Sunday didn't respond to claims of Indian aircraft being shot down by Pakistan during the Operation Sindoor that was launched by India in retaliation to the Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 26 people were killed last month. Director General of Airforce Operations Air Marshal A.K. Bharti, however, said all Indian pilots are back home. The Air Marshal said India had shot down Pakistani aircraft but didn't reveal how many were downed.

"We are in a combat scenario, losses are a part of combat. The question you must ask us...is have we achieved our objective of decimating the terrorist camps? And the answer is a thumping yes. And the results are for the whole world to see. As for the details, what could have been... how many numbers... which platform did we lose... at this point of time I would not like to comment on that because we are still in a combat situation," Air Marshal Bharti said.

"If I comment on anything, it will be only advantage adversary. So, we don't want to give them any advantage at this stage. All I can say is that we have achieved the objectives that we selected and all our pilots are back home." 

"Their planes were prevented from entering inside our border...Definitely, we have downed a few planes...Definitely, there are losses on their side which we have inflicted," the air marshal said.

The Pakistan government has claimed to have shot down a number of Indian aircraft, including Rafale aircraft during the Operation Sindoor. Both the countries on Saturday arrived on an understanding to stop firing after the Director General of Military Operations Pakistan called his Indian counterpart. However, Pakistan forces violated the understanding and resorted to artillery shelling along the Line of Control and launched drones at multiple locations.

The Indian armed forces on Sunday also informed that 35 to 40 Pakistan military personnel were killed between Wednesday and Saturday during the operation. 

"The Pakistan Army has been reported to have lost approximately 35-40 personnel in artillery and small arms firing on the Line of Control between May 7-10, 2025," Director General of Military Operations Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai said, adding that five Indian soldiers also lost their lives during the Operation Sindoor.

Under Operation Sindoor, Indian armed forces struck at nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Lieutenant General Ghai said the strikes across these nine terror hubs left over 100 terrorists killed, including high value targets such as Yusuf Azhar, Abdul Malik Rauf and Muddasir Ahmed, who were involved in the hijack of Air India IC 814 and the Pulwama blast. Following the Indian strikes, the Pakistan armed forces resorted to heavy artillery shelling along the Line of Control and also attempted drone and missile strikes at multiple locations in J&K, Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat.

Air Marshal Bharti also said that Indian forces struck at air defence radars in Pakistan namely Pasrur air defence radar, Chunian air defence radar, Arifwala Air Defence Radar. In addition, he also said that India struck at Sargodha airfield, Rahim Yar Khan airfield, Chaklala Airfield in Nur Khan, radar site and aircraft shelter at Sukkur airfield.

The officers also informed that the Indian armed forces targeted terrorists camps and retaliated to Pakistan military's attacks. They also said that the response to Pakistan was measured to avoid civilian casualties. 

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IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

Reported by Kuldeep Singh

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

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