Indian Army Briefs Media on Operation Sindoor: The Indian Army conducted a press briefing on Wednesday to provide details about ‘Operation Sindoor,’ launched in response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. Colonel Sofia Qureshi, addressing the media, stated, “Operation Sindoor was initiated to deliver justice to the innocent civilians and their families killed in the Pahalgam terror attack. Nine terrorist camps were targeted and completely destroyed during this operation.”
She further elaborated, “For the past three decades, Pakistan has been building a terrorist infrastructure, including training centers, recruitment hubs, and launch pads, spread across Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir. These targets were selected based on credible intelligence, with utmost care to avoid harm to innocent civilians.”
During the briefing, the Army showcased videos of the camps targeted under Operation Sindoor. Colonel Qureshi highlighted that one of the targets was the Sawai Nala camp in Muzaffarabad, located 30 kilometers from the Line of Control (LoC), which served as a training center for Lashkar-e-Taiba. She noted that the terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack had been trained at this camp.
Earlier, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri had informed the media, “The involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in the Pahalgam attack has been established. Our intelligence agencies, monitoring terrorist activities, indicated potential further attacks on India, making Operation Sindoor necessary to prevent and counter such threats.”
Notably, two women officers of the Indian armed forces, Colonel Sofia Qureshi of the Army and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh of the Air Force, briefed the media about Operation Sindoor, earning widespread attention. According to The Indian Express, Colonel Qureshi, an officer of the Army’s Signal Corps, is the first woman to lead an Indian Army contingent in a multinational military exercise, commanding a 40-member team in February-March 2016. She has also served in the United Nations peacekeeping forces, and her grandfather was an Army veteran.
As per NDTV, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, a helicopter pilot in the Indian Air Force, received a permanent commission in the Flying Branch in December 2019. With over 2,500 hours of flying experience, she has operated Chetak and Cheetah helicopters in challenging terrains, including Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast India, and has been part of several rescue missions.
