India Bombs Jaish Camp in Pakistan
After the Pulwama terror attack, the Indian government has finally retaliated, by bombing the Jaish-e-Muhammad’s biggest training camp in Pakistan. This military tactic has lead to the death of more t
12 Days after the Pulwama attack, the Indian Air Force bombed the Jaish-e-Muhammad’s (JeM) training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot area. This was one of the biggest training camps of the JeM. The leader of the camp was Yusuf Azhar, the brother-in-law of JeM leader Masood Azhar. There is no information regarding Yusuf Azhar at the moment.
The training camp was 70 km inside the Line of Control (LoC). The bombing was carried out by 12 fighter jets called the Mirage-2000. The jets left the Gwalior air base at 3 am on 26 February. The fighter jets dropped bombs weighing 5,000 kg. Senior Military officials say that around 200-325 JeM terrorists were killed.
In the past India would attack only on by ground. This is the first time, India has responded by an aerial attack. Since the 1971 war, this is the first time the Indian Air Force has crossed Pakistan’s border.India took such a strong action, because the Indian Military had proof that many jihadis were being trained to carry out another suicide terror attack.A few hours after the bombing, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan arranged a meeting of all the Pakistani government officials, to discuss how the country would respond.
