New Delhi: Just 11 days after the ghastly Pulwama terror attack, which claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel, Indian Air Force (IAF) jets early on Tuesday hit the biggest training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Pakistan, eliminating a large number of terrorists.
Addressing a press conference Foreign Secretary Vijay K Gokhale said that the non-military pre-emptive action was specifically targeted at the terrorist camp which he said was located on a hilltop far away from civilian areas. The camp, he said, was located at Balakot, about 195 km from Islamabad and over 40 km from Muzaffarabad, in the province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
ANI has released some pictures of the camp which was totally decimated by IAF Mirage 2000 fighter jets in a pre-dawn operation on Tuesday.
One of the pictures released by ANI shows the JeM facility destroyed by IAF strikes in Balakot, Pakistan.
Intel Sources: Picture of JeM facility destroyed by Indian Ar Force strikes in Balakot, Pakistan pic.twitter.com/th1JWbVrHw
— ANI (@ANI) 26 February 2019
In the second picture we can see the ammunition dump, which was blown up by IAF Mirages. The dump had more than 200 AK rifles, uncountable rounds hand grenades, explosives and detonators.
Intel Sources: Ammunition dump blown up today in Balakot,Pakistan by IAF Mirages. The dump had more than 200 AK rifles, uncountable rounds hand grenades, explosives and detonators pic.twitter.com/b7ENbKgYaH
— ANI (@ANI) 26 February 2019
In the third picture, flags of USA, UK and Israel can be seen painted on staircases in Jaish e Mohammed facility destroyed by IAF.
Intel Sources: Flags of USA, UK and Israel painted on staircases seen in Jaish e Mohammed facility destroyed by Indian Air Force jets in Balakot pic.twitter.com/266CEI0hGR
— ANI (@ANI) 26 February 2019
