Decoding Operation Sindoor: what India’s precision strikes signal to Pakistan, Explained

New Delhi: In a bold military operation ‘Operation Sindoor’, India has conducted precision air strikes targeting nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), in response to escalating cross-border terrorism and the recent Pahalgam terror attack that claimed the lives of 26 tourists.

According to official sources, one of the primary targets was the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Bahawalpur, located around 100 km from the international border. The location has long been considered a central hub for orchestrating large-scale attacks in India.

Another major strike was carried out on a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) training camp in Muridke, 30 km from the border opposite Samba. The camp is notorious for having trained the terrorists involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

In the Poonch-Rajouri sector, Indian forces hit the Gulpur camp along the Line of Control, which was reportedly used as a launchpad for the deadly Poonch ambush in April 2023 and an attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in June 2024.

Further north, Indian fighter jets targeted the Sawai camp in the Tangdhar sector of PoK, operated by the Lashkar-e-Taiba. Intelligence inputs linked this camp to several high-profile attacks in Sonmarg (October 20, 2024), Gulmarg (October 24, 2024), and Pahalgam (April 22, 2025).

“The remote location of the camp made it a preferred place to train and mobilise militants for attacks across Kashmir,” an official source said.