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Reports suggest that Prime Minister Modi chose the name 'Sindoor' for the operation to avenge the Pahalgam attack.
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A statement released just after 1:30am confirmed the action was in direct response to the April 22 massacre in Pahalgam, in which 26 people, including one Nepali national, were killed.
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In a bold move, the Indian Air Force carried out airstrikes late Tuesday night, targeting areas inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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India selected nine specific locations for the operation, each of which had a known connection to major terrorist attacks and infiltration attempts targeting the country.
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9 Terrorist Sites: Markaz Subhan Allah Bahawalpur; Markaz Taiba-Muridke; Sarjal / Tehra Kalan, Mehmoona Joya Facility-Sialkot; Markaz Ahle Hadith Barnala-Bhimber, Markaz Abbas-Kotli; Maskar Raheel Shahid, Shawai Nallah Cam, Markaz Syedna Bilal.
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Fifteen days after the brutal Pahalgam attack, India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ as a tribute to the women killed by terrorists on April 22.
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