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Indian troops conduct surgical strikes inside Pakistan to destroy terror establishments

| | Sep 29, 2016, at 06:30 pm
Srinagar, Sept 29 (IBNS) : India has carried out surgical strikes across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir targeting terrorist launchpads working from within Pakistan, reports said.

The strikes were launched by the Indian Army at the KG sector of Poonch district on Wednesday night.

Two Pakistani soldiers were reportedly killed.

"Based on credible information that some terrorists had positioned themselves in launch pad along LoC, we launched surgical strikes,"Director General of Military Opetrations, Ranbir Singh said at a press conference.

He said the terrorists were planning to launch attack across LoC.

"I spoke to the Pak DGMO, shared our concerns and told him that we conducted surgical strikes last night," he said.

According to reports, the President, Vice President, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Jammu and Kashmir Government and its Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti have been informed about the surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army.

 

(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)

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