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Surgical Strike: How India Changed Its Global Image? The Full Story of Devastation Across LoC.
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News18•29-09-2026, 11:51
Surgical Strike: How India Changed Its Global Image? The Full Story of Devastation Across LoC.
- •On the night of September 29, 2016, the Indian army conducted surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads across the LoC, considered one of the most daring operations in India's military history.
- •This action was a response to the September 18, 2016, Uri attack, where 19 Indian soldiers were martyred by Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists.
- •Para Special Forces commandos infiltrated Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on the night of September 28-29, targeting 5 to 7 terrorist launch pads in Bhimber, Hotspring, Kel, and Lipa sectors.
- •The operation resulted in the killing of 35 to 40 terrorists and their facilitators, with training and launch camps completely destroyed; all Indian commandos returned safely.
- •The surgical strike redefined India's policy, signaling to the world that India would not hesitate to cross borders to defend itself, garnering global support and increasing pressure on Pakistan.
Key Questions Answered
The Indian army conducted surgical strikes against terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control on the night of September 28-29, 2016.
The operation was launched in response to a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir on September 18, 2016, which martyred 19 Indian soldiers and led to intelligence inputs of further infiltration plans.
Pakistan flatly denied that any surgical strike took place, instead calling it merely cross-border firing to hide its army's failure and domestic embarrassment.
