Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
Rahul Gandhi salutes IAF pilots after strikes on terror camps across LoC
Congress president Rahul Gandhi tweeted that he saluted the pilots of the Indian Air Force after India reportedly carried out air strikes on terror camps across the Line of Control, twelve days after the suicide attack in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. Official confirmation of the pre-dawn strikes had not yet come when he posted. Reports of the strike News agency ANI reported that 12 Mirage 2000 jets dropped about 1000 kg of laser-guided bombs on what was described as a training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed, which had claimed the Pulwama attack.Read More
IAF Mirage 2000 jets strike Jaish camp across LoC in Balakot, say sources
Indian Air Force fighter jets struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, across the Line of Control early on Tuesday morning, according to intelligence sources. What the sources said The sources said the IAF used Mirage 2000 aircraft carrying laser-guided bombs, and estimated casualties at 200-300. These figures were attributed to sources and had not been officially confirmed at the time. The strike came almost two weeks after a terror attack in Pulwama, south Kashmir, killed 40 CRPF personnel. The suicide bombing had raised tensions between India andRead More