Indian Air Force conducts three airstrikes at joint terror camps of Jaish, Lashkar and Hizbul Mujahideen at Balakot, Muzaffarabad, Chakoti

Mirage 2000

According to new reports, the Indian Air Force has conducted air strikes on three locations of Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chakoti and Muzafarrabad in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK). According to Aditya Raj Kaul, the Defence reporter at Republic TV, IAF conducted air strikes for nearly 21 minutes on these locations.

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The Indian Air Force fighter planes dropped 1000 kg bombs on terror camps across the Line of Control in Pakistan early Tuesday morning to avenge the Pulwama terror attack.

Earlier, we had reported regarding 12 dozen Mirage 2000 fighter jets striking at the terrorist camp across the LoC, destroying those terror camps completely. The strike was carried out at 3:30 am on Tuesday.

As per the reports, the first air strike was conducted between 3:45 AM – 3:53 AM in the morning at Balakot area, 24 Kms North-West of Muzaffarabad, which houses joint terror training camps of Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen. The second strike took place at Muzafarrabad in PoK at 3:48 AM – 3:55 AM and the third strike by the IAF Mirage-2000 was conducted at Chakoti in PoK at 3:58 AM – 4:04 AM.

Earlier, Pakistan Army agreed that the Indian Air Force had indeed crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and dropped payload near Balakot in Pakistani territory. A Pakistan Army spokesperson said Indian aircraft “intruded” from Muzaffarabad sector and faced “timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force.”

OpIndia Staff: Staff reporter at OpIndia