After Pakistan launched “Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos” in response to Indian aggression, New Delhi on Saturday admitted that several Indian air bases were targeted with “high-speed” missiles.
The statement came after Pakistan fired Al-Fatah missiles in retaliation for India’s Operation Sindoor, in which it targeted over 20 Indian military sites across multiple regions, senior security officials confirmed to Geo News earlier today.
“Pakistani military (used) UCAV, drones, long-range weapons, loitering munitions and fighter aircrafts to target civilian areas and military infrastructure,” Indian Air Force officer Vyomika Singh claimed at a news conference in New Delhi with Vikram Misri, the foreign secretary.
“There were also several high-speed missile attacks noticed subsequently (during) night at several air bases in Punjab,” Turkish news agency, Anadolu, quoted Singh as saying.
“Limited damage was sustained to equipment and personnel at Indian Air Force stations at Udhampur, Pathankot, Adampur and Bhuj,” claimed Indian Air Force officer Singh.
Following Indian missile attack in Pakistan targeting airbases, the Pakistan Air Force, using its JF-17 thunder jets, destroyed India’s S-400 air defence system in Adampur by using hypersonic missiles, besides targeting several others key military sites.
Ceasefire announced
US President Donald Trump said today that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” after a fourth day of strikes and counter-strikes against each other’s military installations.
“After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE. Congratulations to both Countries on using Common Sense and Great Intelligence,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Pakistan’s foreign minister also said both countries had agreed to a ceasefire “with immediate effect” and India’s foreign ministry said it would start at 5pm Indian time (1130 GMT).
The sudden announcement came on a day when fears spiked that the countries’ nuclear arsenals might come into play as Pakistan’s military said a top military and civilian body overseeing its nuclear weapons would meet.
But Pakistan’s defence minister later said no such meeting was scheduled.
India’s foreign ministry said that the head of Pakistan’s military operations called his Indian counterpart on Saturday afternoon and it was agreed that both sides would stop all firing.
The two heads will speak to each other again on May 12, the ministry added.
The fighting began on Wednesday when India carried out strikes on what it said was “terrorist infrastructure” in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Pakistan, two weeks after 26 people were killed in an attack on tourists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Pakistan denied India’s accusations that it was involved in the tourist attack. Since Wednesday, the two countries have exchanged cross-border fire and shelling, and sent drones and missiles into each other’s airspace.
The countries have been locked in a dispute over Kashmir since they were born after the end of British colonial rule in 1947. They have gone to war three times since, including twice over Kashmir, and clashed several times.
