Indian forces launched Operation Sindoor at 1:05 am on Wednesday, striking deep into Pakistan’s Punjab province for the first time in history. Unlike earlier counterstrikes in 2016 (Uri) and 2019 (Balakot), which targeted terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), this 25-minute operation struck nine terror camps, including four in Punjab, the political and military heartland of Pakistan.
