'Operation Sindoor': Read full statement of the government

NEW DELHI: The Indian Armed Forces launched '

OPERATION SINDOOR

', hitting

terrorist infrastructure

in Pakistan and

Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir

from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed. Altogether, nine sites have been targeted, according to an official statement issued by Ministry of Defence. "Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets and method of execution," read the press release issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB).

These steps come in the wake of the barbaric

Pahalgam terrorist attack

in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were murdered. "We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable," the statement added."There will be a detailed briefing on 'OPERATION SINDOOR' later today." the statement said.