Surgical strike 2.0: Nation in safe hands, assures PM Narendra Modi

New DelhiPrime Minister Narendra Modi assured that the country is in safe hands hours after the Indian Air Force destroyed the biggest JaisheMohammed terror camp in Balakot PakistanI assure you that the nation is in safe hands I wont let the country to bow down said the prime minister while addressing a rally in RajasthanPrime Minister Narendra Modi Photo AFPThe Indian Air Force on Tuesday carried out aerial strikes at major terror camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir around 330 am on Tuesday completely destroying them According to IAF sources 12 Mirage 2000 jets took part in the operation that dropped 1000 Kg bombs on terror camps across LoC Line of ControlForeign Secretary of India Vijay Gokhale briefed the media about the airstrike operation He said that an intelligence lead operation was carried out in the early hours of Tuesday by the Indian Air Force which struck the biggest training camp of JaisheMohammed in Balakot In this operation a very large number of JeM terrorists trainers senior commander and Jihadis were eliminatedWatch the fullvideo hereWATCH Foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale briefs the media in Delhi httpstcoTh0TjwO99omdash ANI ANI February 26 2019Indian action came 12 days after Pakistan based JaisheMohammad JeM carried outa terrorattack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in Kashmir killing 40 personnel and injuring five others The terror attack had led to nationwide outrage and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had vowed to punish those behind the attackEntire world community had expressed solidarity with India after the attack The US has said it supports Indias Right to selfdefence in the back of the attackFollowing the air strikes the Indian Air Force put on high alert all air defence systems along the international border and LoC to respond to any possible action by Pakistan Air ForceIndian 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 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in Muzafarabad Sector of Pakistanoccupied Kashmir PoK Under forced hasty withdrawal aircrafts released payload which had free fall in open area No infrastructure got hit no casualties Technical details and other important information to follow he added in the tweet In an earlier tweet he said Indian aircrafts intruded from Muzafarabad sectorFacing timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force released payload in haste while escaping which fell near Balakot No casualties or damageNon military preemptive action was absolutely necessary to eliminate JaisheMohammed terroristAlso readTwitter reacts to aerial strike at terror camps in Pakistan by Indian Air ForceCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesDisclaimer The article has been sourced from thirdparty source and midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the 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