After Pakistan launched “Operation Bunyan-Um-Marsoos” in response to Indian assault, New Delhi admitted on Saturday that several Indian air bases were targeted with “high-speed” missiles.
The declaration took place after Pakistan dismissed al-Fatah missiles in retaliation for the Indian operation Sindoor, in which he targeted more than 20 Indian military sites in several regions, senior security officials confirmed PK Press Club News Earlier in the day.
“The Pakistani army (used) UCAV, drones, long -range weapons, blur ammunition and fighter planes to target civil zones and military infrastructure,” said Vyomika Singh, Indian Air Force officer at a press conference in New Delhi with Vikram Misri, the foreign secretary.
“There have also been several high -speed missile attacks later noticed (for) at night in several air bases in Punjab,” said the Turkish news agency, AnadoluSingh city as said.
“Limited damage has been suffered from equipment and staff at the Indian Air Force stations in Udhampur, Pathankot, Adampur and Bhuj,” said Indian Air Force Singh officer.
After an Indian missile attack in Pakistan targeting the air bases, Pakistan Air Force, using its Thunder JF-17 jets, destroyed India’s S-400 Air Defense System in Adampur using hypersonic missiles, in addition to targeting several other key military sites.
The ceasefire announced
US President Donald Trump said today that India and Pakistan have accepted a “full ceasefire” after a fourth day of strikes and counterattacks against military facilities on the other.
“After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am happy to announce that India and Pakistan have accepted a complete and immediate ceasefire. Congratulations to the two countries for having used common sense and great intelligence,” Trump said in an article on Truth Social.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan also declared that the two countries had accepted a cease-fire “with immediate effect” and the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it would begin at 5 pm Indian time (1130 GMT).
The sudden announcement came a day when the fears increased that the nuclear arsenals in countries could go into play while the Pakistani army said that a military body and civil supervising its nuclear weapons would come together.
But the Minister of Pakistan Defense later said that no meeting of this type was planned.
The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Pakistan’s military operations chief called his Indian counterpart on Saturday afternoon and that the two parties were agreed to cease all shots.
The two heads will talk to each other again on May 12, added the ministry.
The fighting began on Wednesday when India made strikes on what it said was a “terrorist infrastructure” in Azad Jammu-et-Cachemire (AJK) and Pakistan, two weeks after 26 people were killed during an attack on Indian tourists, illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Pakistan denied the accusations of India that it was involved in the tourist attack. Since Wednesday, the two countries have exchanged cross -border shots and bombings and sent drones and missiles in the other airspace.
The countries have been locked in a dispute on cashmere since birth after the end of the British colonial reign in 1947. They have gone to war three times since, including twice on cashmere, and clashed several times.
