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| NDTV reported that JeM had moved many recruits, along with their trainers and other militants, out of ] and to ], on the border between Azad Kashmir and ].<ref name="ndtv-balakot">{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-struck-biggest-training-camp-of-jaish-in-balakot-large-number-of-terrorists-eliminated-governm-1999390|title=India Strikes After Pulwama Terror Attack, Hits Biggest Jaish-e-Mohammed Camp In Balakot|last1=Prabhu|first1=Sunil|date=26 February 2019|work=NDTV|editor-last1=Ghosh|editor-first1=Deepshikha}}</ref> The Deccan Herald reported that ] claimed that the camp was located in a hilltop forest, {{cvt|20|km|mi}} from Balakot, and that it was a resort-style facility, with space and room for 500–700 militants, including a swimming pool, cooks and cleaners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/350-terrorists-killed-while-720412.html|title=350 terrorists killed while sleeping: Sources|date=2019-02-26|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref> | NDTV reported that JeM had moved many recruits, along with their trainers and other militants, out of ] and to ], on the border between Azad Kashmir and ].<ref name="ndtv-balakot">{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-struck-biggest-training-camp-of-jaish-in-balakot-large-number-of-terrorists-eliminated-governm-1999390|title=India Strikes After Pulwama Terror Attack, Hits Biggest Jaish-e-Mohammed Camp In Balakot|last1=Prabhu|first1=Sunil|date=26 February 2019|work=NDTV|editor-last1=Ghosh|editor-first1=Deepshikha}}</ref> The Deccan Herald reported that ] claimed that the camp was located in a hilltop forest, {{cvt|20|km|mi}} from Balakot, and that it was a resort-style facility, with space and room for 500–700 militants, including a swimming pool, cooks and cleaners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/350-terrorists-killed-while-720412.html|title=350 terrorists killed while sleeping: Sources|date=2019-02-26|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-02-26}}</ref> | ||
| In contrast, diplomats and analysts have raised doubts about the efficacy of the strike, claiming that the terrorist groups along the border would have vacated the area, after the Indian Prime Minister vowed to retaliate against the Pulwama attack.<ref name=Ramzy/> In a ] piece, military analysts asserted that whilst the area used to host militant camps, they dispersed after the ] to avoid detection by the international aid groups providing relief in the area.<ref>Maria Abi-Habib, , '']''</ref> |
In contrast, diplomats and analysts have raised doubts about the efficacy of the strike, claiming that the terrorist groups along the border would have vacated the area, after the Indian Prime Minister vowed to retaliate against the Pulwama attack.<ref name=Ramzy/> In a ] piece, military analysts asserted that whilst the area used to host militant camps, they dispersed after the ] to avoid detection by the international aid groups providing relief in the area.<ref>Maria Abi-Habib, , '']''</ref> | ||
| The local people varied as to the purpose of the facility.<ref name=":3" /> Whilst some claimed its being an active Jaish training camp, others asserted it to have been a mere school for the local kids and that such militant camps had used to exist far earlier.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>, '']''</ref> | The local people varied as to the purpose of the facility.<ref name=":3" /> Whilst some claimed its being an active Jaish training camp, others asserted it to have been a mere school for the local kids and that such militant camps had used to exist far earlier.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>, '']''</ref> | ||
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The 2019 Balakot airstrike occurred on 26 February 2019, when twelve Mirage 2000H jets of the Indian Air Force crossed the Line of Control in Kashmir to perform an airstrike on an alleged terrorist training camp inside Pakistan in retaliation for an attack on it's paramilitary forces, which took place two weeks prior.
According to India, the jets struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed-operated militant camp at Balakot killing an unquantified number of militants and returned back into Indian airspace unharmed without being engaged by Pakistani aircraft. Pakistan conceded the violation of their airspace near Muzaffarabad. but asserted that a scrambling forced the Indian jets to retreat in a haste dropping their payloads in vacant fields and forest and that no casualties or infrastructural damage was inflicted.
Subsequent to the incident, Indian and Pakistani troops shelled each other across the Line of Control; Pakistan reported four civilians killed and eleven wounded by Indian shelling.
The airstrike was the first time since the war of 1971 that Indian Air Force aircraft crossed the Line of Control and the first time since both states have become nuclear powers.
Background
Further information: Kashmir conflict, Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism, and 2019 Pulwama attackThe Kashmir insurgency has been occurring since 1989, but increased in intensity after 2016, when India killed a popular militant leader. In 2018, more than 500 people (including civilians, soldiers and militants) were killed in the violence. On 14 February 2019, a convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethpora in the Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The attack resulted in the deaths of 46 Central Reserve Police Force personnel and the attacker. The perpetrator of the attack was from Indian-administered Kashmir. The responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Pakistan-based Islamist militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Pakistan condemned the attack, and denied any connection to it.
The airstrike occurred ahead of the 2019 Indian general election. On February 19, Pakistan's PM attributed Indian government's desire to attack Pakistan to the upcoming election. The Indian government rejected the allegation.
Incident
On 26 February 2019, at around 3:30 am, the Indian air force conducted airstrikes at Balakot, deep within Pakistan as a retaliation to the Pulwama attack. The strikes were subsequently claimed to be "non-military" and "preemptive'' in nature; targeting a Jaish-e-Mohammed facility within Pakistan. Some Indian news channels also reported more airstrikes by India on terrorist launch pads in Chakothi and Muzaffarabad.
This airstrike was the first time since the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 that aerial attacks had crossed the Line of Control.
Indian media claimed to have confirmed from official sources that twelve Mirage 2000 jets were involved in the operation.The Indian Express further reported that the Mirage 2000s were carrying SPICE 2000 & Popeye precision-guided munitions and that they were supported by four Sukhoi Su-30MKI, Netra and Phalcon airborne early warning and control aircraft, an IAI Heron UAV and two Ilyushin Il-78 aerial refuelling aircraft.
After releasing the bombs, the jets returned back into Indian airspace unharmed and the Indian media claimed that whilst Pakistan scrambled its F-16 jets, they could not engage the Indian planes.
Pakistani officials conceded the intrusion of Indian aircraft into its airspace but asserted that the Indian fleet was intercepted pending which they retreated back, releasing the payloads and a fuel dump in an open area. In a press briefing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesman, Major General Asif Ghafoor stated that three IAF teams were spotted approaching the Pakistan border from various sectors in the early hours of 26 February. He added that the two of these teams did not cross the border following a challenge from Pakistani aircraft flying combat air patrol, but the third one crossed the Line of Control from the Kiran Valley near Muzaffarabad before being intercepted by Pakistani Air Force (PAF) jets within three minutes of the incursion. Pervez Khattak, Pakistani Defence Minister, stated that the Pakistani Air Force did not retaliate at that time because "they could not gauge the extent of the damage".
The target
There has been ambiguity among the sources as to what the exact target was, and about whether the madrassa -- Taleem ul-Quran run by Maulana Azhar's brother-in-law, Muhammad Yusuf Azhar, was an active JeM camp or not.
According to WikiLeaks, a 2004 United States Department of Defence interrogation report stated that Balakot had "a training camp that offers both basic and advanced terrorist training on explosives and artillery."
NDTV reported that JeM had moved many recruits, along with their trainers and other militants, out of Azad Kashmir and to Balakot Tehsil, on the border between Azad Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Deccan Herald reported that Indian intelligence claimed that the camp was located in a hilltop forest, 20 km (12 mi) from Balakot, and that it was a resort-style facility, with space and room for 500–700 militants, including a swimming pool, cooks and cleaners.
In contrast, diplomats and analysts have raised doubts about the efficacy of the strike, claiming that the terrorist groups along the border would have vacated the area, after the Indian Prime Minister vowed to retaliate against the Pulwama attack. In a Newyork Times piece, military analysts asserted that whilst the area used to host militant camps, they dispersed after the 2005 Pakistan earthquake to avoid detection by the international aid groups providing relief in the area.
The local people varied as to the purpose of the facility. Whilst some claimed its being an active Jaish training camp, others asserted it to have been a mere school for the local kids and that such militant camps had used to exist far earlier.
Damage
India claimed that "a very large number of JeM terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis" were eliminated who were preparing for launching another suicide attack targeting Indian assets. By contrast, Pakistan asserted that there were no casualties or infrastructure damage as a result of the attack.
Indian media reported that the camp was leveled, and about 200–350 JeM militants were killed. The exact figures varied across media-houses. Business Today India stated that the area around Balakot had been cordoned off by the Pakistan Army and evidences such as the dead bodies were being cleared from the area. Praveen Swami writing for The First Post claimed that Indian intelligence estimated a figure of about 20 casualties and that there were five confirmed kills per burial records. He also noted a JeM rally in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on 28 February, wherein Masood Azhar's brother, Abdul Rauf Rasheed Alvi mentioned India's attack of their headquarters and vowed revenge. In another piece he state that RAW analysts estimated 90 casualties including three Pakistani Army trainers, based on intercepted communications in the immediate. Swami noted a lack of witness testimony to independently assess the validity of above claims.
Villagers from the area claimed that four bombs struck a nearby forest and a field resulting in damage to a building and injuring a local man around 3:00 AM. Journalists associated with the Associated Press visited the area on 26 February and saw craters and damaged trees. The villagers they met reported no casualties. A team from Al Jazeera visited the site two days after the strikes and noted "splintered pine trees and rocks" which were strewn across the four blast craters. The local hospital officials and residents asserted that they did not come across any casualty or wounded people. The reporters located the facility, a school run by Jaish-e-Mohammed, at around a kilometre to the east of one of the bomb craters, atop a steep ridge but were unable to access it. Reporters from Reuters were denied access to the madrassa by the military but they noted the structure (and it's vicinity) to be intact from the back.
Satellite-data analysis by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's Nathan Ruser concluded that there is "no apparent evidence of more extensive damage and on the face of it does not validate Indian claims regarding the effect of the strikes." In contrast, Indian officials said that synthetic aperture radar showed that four buildings had been destroyed; however, the Indian officials did not release their images.
Aftermath
Further information: 2019 India–Pakistan standoffThe IAF put air defence systems on alert along the international border and Line of Control to respond to any possible retaliation by the Pakistan Air Force.
Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi summoned an emergency meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan to discuss the security situation. He also stated that Pakistan will take international media to the area of strikes. Helicopters were being prepared, but due to bad weather conditions, they will fly when weather permits.
ANI claimed to have released photos of the alleged JeM camp and weapons cache sourced from intelligence sources. Foreign diplomats from the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Australia, Indonesia, Turkey, China and six ASEAN nations were briefed by Indian foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale on the strike conducted.
Reactions
India
India's foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale stated that the IAF had conducted strikes against a Jaish-e-Mohammad training camp, in retaliation for the 2019 Pulwama attack which he said was orchestrated by the group. He claimed that the strikes were motivated by a "lack of Pakistani action on terrorism" combined with "imminent danger" from terrorists. He claimed that the strike resulted in large casualties for Jaish-e-Mohammad, and that the target was chosen to minimize damage to civilians following intelligence reports. Earlier, the spokesperson of the Indian Defense Ministry said that he had no information about Pakistani allegations of airspace violations.
Pakistan
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, foreign minister of Pakistan, said that Pakistan reserved the right to retaliate. The prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, convened an emergency meeting to review the situation. At the end of this meeting, the National Security Council (NSC) released a statement denying Indian claims of the destruction of any terrorist camp. The statement described the attack as "uncalled for", and added that retaliation would be forthcoming after a joint parliamentary session.
Others
Australia noted its condemnation of Pulwama attack and asked Pakistan to crack down on terrorists operating from its soil. It also asked both India and Pakistan to restrain from actions that would jeopardize peace. China's foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang stated "We hope that both India and Pakistan can exercise restraint and adopt actions that will help stabilize the situation in the region and improve mutual relations". France asked both India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, saying that it supported Indian actions against terrorism and asked Pakistan to stop allowing its territory to be used by terrorists. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemned the airstrike and called on both India and Pakistan to show restraint. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo termed the attack as a "counter-terrorism action" and reaffirmed US-India ties. He asked both sides to show restraint.
See also
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Notes
- India became a nuclear power with successful Smiling Buddha operation in 1974 and Pakistan's successful operation of Chagai-I took place in 1998.
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