NDTV's Nazir Masoodi visited an Indian Army post at the Line of Control
India and Pakistan exchanged four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes before agreeing to a ceasefire on May 10. The fighting, their worst in decades, began when the Pakistani Army launched a massive missile and drone attack after India struck terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Indian strikes were part of "Operation Sindoor", which was launched to avenge the deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam in which 26 civilians were killed.
NDTV's Nazir Masoodi on Monday visited the Indian Army posts at the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kupwara sector, which witnessed heavy strikes from across the border.
The visit, the first by reporters since "Operation Sindoor" and its aftermath, revealed that Pakistan was not able to inflict any major damage to any of the Indian Army's frontline posts in the sector.
Pakistani installations and terrorist camps on the other side, however, suffered massive damage, army personnel deployed at the posts said.
An Indian Army bunker was found intact.
Army personnel said most of the missile strikes and drone attacks from Pakistan were intercepted before they could hit any target in the Kupwara sector.
India-Pakistan Tensions
India launched "Operation Sindoor" on May 7, after finding cross-border links to the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
The Indian armed forces destroyed nine terror bases in Pakistan and PoK, which included camps of terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen, and killed more than 100 terrorists.
After the Indian armed forces' overnight operations, the Pakistani Army launched drones and missiles at western parts of India, which were successfully intercepted.
In response, India hit selected military targets deep inside Pakistani territory.
The two countries reached a ceasefire agreement on May 10 to halt military actions with immediate effect.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned terror groups and terrorists that India's armed forces would launch formidable counterattacks if faced with a repeat of the attack in Pahalgam.
"Operation Sindoor is the new normal," he said in an address to the nation on May 12.
