India says 70 terrorists killed in Operation Sindoor - NDTV

Indian authorities said over 70 terrorists were killed, and more than 60 sustained injuries in the Operation Sindoor airstrikes, NDTV reported citing government sources.

The Indian government said 24 missiles struck nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir.

The strikes were carried out jointly by the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force.

At a press briefing in New Delhi, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, flanked by Colonel Sophia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, said the operation was a "measured and proportionate" response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. That assault, attributed to Pakistan-based terror groups, claimed the lives of 26 people, including one Nepali national, and left many others injured.

Colonel Qureshi said that the operation marked a shift in strategy. "For the last three decades, Pakistan has been constructing terror infrastructure, including recruitment centres, training areas, and launch pads across PoJK [Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir] and Pakistan. This operation was intended to dismantle those facilities and prevent future attacks," she said, according to NDTV. 

"Our intelligence indicated that further attacks against India are impending. Thus, compulsion, both to deter and prevent and hence earlier this morning, India exercised its right to respond to deter such more cross-border terrorism... Our actions were measured and non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible. They focused on dismantling terrorists' infrastructure," said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

Operation Sindoor follows the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam which left 26 civilians dead. India has accused Pakistan of perpetrating the attack, but Islamabad has denied involvement.