IAF strikes in Azad Kashmir LIVE updates: Mirage 2000 jets drop 1,000 kg bombs across LoC; destroys JeM camps
Air Force strikes in Azad Kashmir: A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security is underway at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg; all air defence systems along the international border and the LoC have been put on high alert.
BusinessToday.In New Delhi Last Updated: February 26, 2019 | 10:05 IST
The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out major aerial strikes across LoC in Balakot region in Pakistan.
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Air Force strikes in Azad Kashmir: In a surprise to Pakistani security forces, the Indian Air Force reportedly dropped around 1,000 kg bombs on Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camps across the
Line of Control (LoC) in Muzafarabad sector early morning on Tuesday. Pakistan army spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor also confirmed that that the Indian Air Force (IAF) violated the Line of Control (LoC). "Facing timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force released payload in haste while escaping which fell near Balakot," he tweeted, adding that no casualties have been reported so far. ANI also reported: "At 0330 hours on 26th February, a group of Mirage 2000 Indian Fighter jets struck a major terrorist camp across the LoC and completely destroyed it."
10.03am: The Indian Air Force has put on high alert all air defence systems along the international border and LoC to respond to any possible action by Pakistan Air Force, reports ANI.
9.51am: Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, reiterates dialogue from the recent Bollywood hit Uri: The Surgical Strike. "This is new India, this will enter your home, and kill you too."
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Air Force carried out aerial strike early morning today at terror camps across the LoC and Completely destroyed it
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#Balakot#Surgicalstrike2pic.twitter.com/fqYJgWxuqX
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (@gssjodhpur)
February 26, 2019
9.50am: Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi says "helter skelter by Pakistan seems like something big has happened".
Indian Air Force Strikes at Balakot don't have official word yet but the Helter skelter by Pakistan seems like something big has happened. The IAF has gone beyond Azad Kashmir & into Pakistan near their capital while they were busy counting alms received from Saudi & China.
- Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi)
February 26, 2019
Balakot which is quite far out into the LOC is a deep strike and purportedly where Hafeez Saeed gives a lot of his addresses. If IAF penetrated that deep without casualties it's a highly successful mission.
- Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi)
February 26, 2019
9.40am: Congress President Rahul Gandhi says: "I salute the pilots of the IAF."
🇮🇳 I salute the pilots of the IAF. 🇮🇳
- Rahul Gandhi (
@rahulgandhi)
February 26, 2019
9.39am: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh head to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the strikes carried out by the Indian Air Force.
9.39am: Where is Balakot in Pakistan: Balakot, a town in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, is about 50 km (31 miles) from the Line of Control (LoC), which acts as a de facto border between the two countries that have fought three wars since their independence from British colonial rule in 1947, says Reuters.
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9.30am: The action comes just 12 days after a CRPF convoy was targeted by a JeM suicide bomber, killing 40 personnel and injuring five others.
9.26am: All terror camps of JeM across Balakot, Chakothi and Muzaffarabad destroyed in Pakistan.
Indian Mirage fighters destroy Azad Kashmir terror camps: Sources. Live updates
#ITLivestreamhttps://t.co/74mCXdRJty
- India Today (@IndiaToday)
February 26, 2019
9.25am: Reports suggest Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been briefed on the air strikes conducted by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
9.19am: The government to brief media on the India Air Force strike soon. The government earlier declined to comment on the issue even though the Pakistani side confirmed that India conducted air strikes across LoC in Balakot region in Pakistan.
9.09am: Pakistan army spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor confirms the damage done by the Indian Air Force fighter jets.
Payload of hastily escaping Indian aircrafts fell in open.
pic.twitter.com/8drYtNGMsm
- Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR)
February 26, 2019
9.07am: As per News18, the Indian Air Force strikes could have caused around 200-300 casualties on the Pakistani side.
9.05am: NC leader and former J&K CM Omar Abdullah lauds the Air Force, says "if this is true this was not a small strike by any stretch of imagination".
Wow, if this is true this was not a small strike by any stretch of imagination but will wait for official word, should any be forthcoming.
https://t.co/bOFt7SXl43
- Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah)
February 26, 2019
9.01am: The government has so far declined to comment on the issue but has also not denied about reports of the Indian Air Force conducting strikes across the Line of Control.
9.00am: As many as 12 Mirage 2000 jets took part in the operation that completely destroyed several terror camps across the Line of Control in Pakistan.
IAF Sources: 12 Mirage 2000 jets took part in the operation that dropped 1000 Kg bombs on terror camps across LOC, completely destroying it
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- ANI (
@ani)
February 26, 2019
8.38am: Pakistan army spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor claims the Indian aircraft intruded into Pakistan from the Muzaffarabad sector.
Indian aircrafts intruded from Muzafarabad sector. Facing timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force released payload in haste while escaping which fell near Balakot. No casualties or damage.
- Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR)
February 26, 2019
Indian Air Force violated Line of Control. Pakistan Air Force immediately scrambled. Indian aircrafts gone back. Details to follow.
- Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR)
February 25, 20198.20am: Around 10 Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft strike several terror camps across the LoC.
IAF Sources: At 0330 hours on 26th February a group of Mirage 2000 Indian Fighter jets struck a major terrorist camp across the LoC
and completely destroyed it.
pic.twitter.com/RlxTJ4e3AF
- ANI (
@ani)
February 26, 2019
Edited by Manoj Sharma
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