Where did India hit Pakistan? Mapping Operation Sindoor and border strikes

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At least eight people were killed and more than 35 were hurt in six different attacks in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, according to Pakistan’s armed forces.

The following locations are among the targets of the attacks:

According to Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, a spokesperson for the Pakistan Armed Forces, the deadliest strike occurred in Ahmedpur Sharqia, close to Bahawalpur (Punjab province).
• Punjab province’s Muridke city
• a village in the Punjab province of Sialkot
• Punjab province of Shakargarh

Two locations were also affected by the Pakistan-administered Kashmir:

Two mosques were destroyed in Muzaffarabad and Kotli, killing a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy.

According to Pakistani officials, five Indian warplanes have also been shot down by Pakistani forces. India did not respond right away.

At least three people were killed by Pakistani artillery fire in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to the Indian Army.

Kashmir, where is it?

Kashmir, which is situated in the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, is a high altitude region where the majority of the area is higher than 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) above sea level. It covers an area of 222, 200 square kilometres (85, 800 square miles).

About 13 million people live in Jammu and Kashmir under the administration of India, and about 4 million of those reside in Pakistan.

The Line of Control (LC) is the de facto boundary that divides Kashmir, which is administered by Pakistan and Kashmir, which is administered by India. When the two nations ended their first conflict over Kashmir in January 1949, the line was originally used to define the military front. Following the 1971 war that led to Bangladesh’s creation, the LoC was officially renamed it.

Who is in charge of Kashmir?

Parts of Kashmir are disputed by India, Pakistan, and China.

Gilgit and Baltistan, which Pakistan calls “free Kashmir,” and what is known as Azad Kashmir, are under Pakistan’s control. The Kashmir Valley and its largest city, Srinagar, as well as Jammu and Ladakh are under Indian control in the south and the southeast.

Pakistan refers to Indian-administered Kashmir as “Indian-occupied Kashmir.” India makes amends by referring to Pakistan-administered Kashmir as “Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.”

What took place during the Pahalgam attack?

In one of the most deadly tourist attacks in recent memory, armed men killed a group of tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22.

The attack took place in the famous tourist destination Pahalgam, which is located 32 miles southeast of Srinagar’s regional summer capital, in the Baisaran meadow.

The Resistance Front (TRF), a well-known armed group that India claims is a proximate of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan, took responsibility for the attack.

Pakistan strongly refutes the claim that India has made that it believes Pakistan may have indirectly supported the Pahalgam attack.