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India’s western front, the Pakistani the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu
army carried out multiple airspace vi- and Kashmir.
olations and drone intrusions on the The indigenously developed
night of May 7 and 8, targeting Indian Akash surface-to-air missile air de-
military infrastructure. fense system has played a crucial role
Escalating its tensions with In- in thwarting Pakistani drone attacks
dia, Pakistan targeted Jammu using targeting Indian assets on Thursday,
Hamas-style missiles to target multi- according to defense officials. Offi-
ple areas on Thursday. The sources cials added that both the Indian Army
said the attack resembled a Hamas- and Air Force have deployed the mis-
style operation in Israel, where multi- sile system along the Pakistan border.
ple cheap rockets were used to target
cities. Pakistan’s attempted retaliation
came in the wake of India’s Opera- Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, and Colonel Sofiya Qureshi at World Bank has no role
tion Sindoor, where the Indian armed a Ministry of External Affairs press briefing on Operation Sindoor, in New Delhi on Friday (ANI) Indus Waters Treaty
forces targeted nine terror infrastruc-
tures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occu- issue: Ajay Banga
pied Kashmir on Wednesday. Lahore’s air defense system,” Major makes the system extremely effective orld Bank has no role be-
Earlier on Thursday, the Indian General Katoch further added. in neutralising enemy air defenses.”
yond being the facilitator
Army had shot down more than 50 Major General Katoch’s remarks As Pakistan, tries to further esca- Wof the Indus Waters Trea-
Pakistani drones during a large-scale came after the tension between India late the situation, Defense Minister ty between India and Pakistan, Ajay
counter-drone operation along the and Pakistan across the border. Rajnath Singh on Friday conducted a Banga, the President of the interna-
LoC and International Borders (IB), On Thursday, the former Vice review of the country’s current securi- tional financial institution said. The
sources said. Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal ty situation. The defense minister was World Bank President clarified that
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Shirish Baban Deo (Retd), praised accompanied by the military top brass
on Friday condemned the May 8 at- the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) recent and senior officials, including Chief of it will not step in to the fix the sus-
pension imposed on the water shar-
tacks by Pakistan targeting multiple use of the S-400 Sudarshan Chakra Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan, ing agreement by India following
locations in India, including Amritsar, missile system, which was used on Chief of Army Staff General Upendra the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
dismissing as “preposterous and out- Thursday night to stop targets moving Dwivedi, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral The Indus Waters Treaty was
rageous” the claim by Islamabad that toward India. Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of Air Staff signed in 1960 after nine years of
India was attacking its own territories. Air Marshal Deo added that the Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, negotiations between India and
He also condemned Pakistan’s at- S-400’s accuracy is very high, and it and Defense Secretary RK Singh.
tempt to spread disinformation about can even take down medium-range The meeting came in the wake Pakistan with the help of the World
Bank, which is also a signatory.
a drone strike on the Nankana Sahib ballistic missiles. of Pakistan’s attempted retaliation “We have no role to play be-
Gurdwara, calling it a blatant lie. About the Harpy drone, Air following Operation Sindoor, where yond a facilitator. There’s a lot of
Addressing a press briefing on Marshal said, “Additionally, we have the Indian Armed Forces targeted
Friday, Misri said, “Instead of owning drones like the Harpy, which are an- nine terror infrastructures in Paki- speculation in the media about how
the World Bank will step in and fix
up to its actions, Pakistan made the ti-radiation drones equipped with stan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir the problem but it’s all bunk. The
preposterous and outrageous claims seekers that detect active radars. on Wednesday. The operation was a World Bank’s role is merely as a
that it is the Indian armed forces that Once a radar is switched on, the drone direct response to the April 22 Pahal- facilitator,” Ajay Banga was quoted
are targeting its own cities like Amrit- homes in on it and destroys it, even if gam terror attack. as saying by the Press Information
sar and trying to blame Pakistan.” it is later turned off. These drones can Meanwhile, Indian Army during Bureau.
“That we would attack our ciites loiter in the area for 10 to 12 hours and the intervening night of May 8 and
A day after the horrific terror-
is the kind of deranged fantasy that have a video link, allowing operators May 9 successfully repelled and re- ist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s
only the Pakistani state can come up to monitor their movement and strike sponded to multiple drone attacks by Pahalgam that led to the loss of 26
with, perhaps they do it because they precisely when needed. Overall, this Pakistan along the western border and lives, mostly tourists, the Indus Wa-
are well versed in as their histroy ters Treaty of 1960 was kept in abey-
would show,” he said. ance with immediate effect, until
Meanwhile, retired Indian Army
officer Major General Dhruv C Ka- Pakistan credibly and irrevocably
abjures its support for cross-border
toch on Friday asserted that Pakistan terrorism.
attempted to escalate tensions with Banga met Prime Minister Na-
India, but the Indian armed forces rendra Modi here in the national
responded strongly, including by de- capital on Thursday evening. Soon
stroying Lahore’s air defense system. after, there were speculations that
Major General Katoch claimed
the actions were part of a desperate the World Bank will step in and in-
terfere in the matter.
move by Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Separately, on Thursday eve-
Munir to protect his position. Major ning, India’s foreign secretary
General Katoch said, “Pakistan is try- Vikram Misri highlighted that Paki-
ing to escalate the situation again and stan had repeatedly violated Indus
again. This is the action taken by Paki- Water Treaty by deliberately creating
stan Army Chief Asim Munir... he is “legal roadblocks” over the years.
doing this to save his chair.” He added that it was India’s
“India has given a befitting reply
to Pakistan. India’s air defense system Indian women apply vermilion (Sindoor) to each other as they celebrate the success of ‘Opera- patience that India was “adhering
to the treaty for the last 65 years.”
has shot down the missiles and drones tion Sindoor’ in Ranchi on Friday (ANI)
fired by Pakistan... we have destroyed

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