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In his first reaction to India’s Operation Sindoor targeting terror outfits in Pakistan, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the situation between India and Pakistan “a shame” following Indian military strikes inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
He also urged both sides to de-escalate and expressed hope that the situation “ends very quickly.”
“It’s a shame. We just heard about it. They’ve been fighting for a long time — many, many decades and centuries, actually. I just hope it ends very quickly,” Trump said.
In response to the Pahalgam massacre, in which Pakistan-based terrorists killed 26 people, the Indian armed forces launched missile strikes early on Wednesday on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including Bahawalpur, the headquarters of the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group.
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The strikes were part of ‘Operation Sindoor’, the Defence Ministry said in a statement issued at 1:44 am, adding that the action was “focused, measured, and non-escalatory.”
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif described the Indian missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Punjab province as an “act of war”, stating that his country has every right to give a “befitting reply”.
The Indian statement said: “A little while ago, the Indian armed forces launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed.”
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“No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in the selection of targets and method of execution,” the Defence Ministry added.
In a post on ‘X’ in Hindi shortly after the strikes, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said: “Long live Mother India! (Bharat Mata Ki Jai)”.
Pakistan Army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that missile strikes were carried out by India at Kotli and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Bahawalpur in Punjab.
“Some time ago, India launched air strikes in Bahawalpur’s Ahmed East area, Kotli, and Muzaffarabad at three locations from the air,” he told ARY News channel.
“All of our air force jets are airborne. This cowardly and shameful attack was carried out from within India’s airspace. They were never allowed to come and intrude into the space of Pakistan,” he said.
“Let me say it unequivocally: Pakistan will respond to this at a time and place of its own choosing. This heinous provocation will not go unanswered,” he added.
With inputs from PTI.
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