At the army base near the town, URI nineteen Indian army soldiers were killed On 18 September 2016 because a fedayeen attack was made by four armed militants. Jaish-e-Muhammad, a Pakistan-based terrorist organization was accused by India of the attack.
The URI attack followed similar fedayeen attacks in Gurdaspur and Pathankot, causing high levels of concern in India. A recent Guardian article reported that India’s patience had run out due to Pakistan’s inaction towards terrorist organizations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad.
Pakistan declined the allegations and said that India had provided no evidence that the Uri attack was launched from Pakistan. Pakistan’s defense minister stated that India carried out the URI attack to deflect attention from protests in Jammu and Kashmir.
India takes revenge for URI attack
Eleven days after the Uri incident, on September 29, the Indian Army carried out surgical strikes on alleged militants in Kashmir that Pakistan ruled.
The Indian Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh, reported that "terrorist teams" were preparing to "carry out infiltration and conduct terrorist strikes inside Jammu and Kashmir and in various metropolises in other states," according to "very credible and specific information."
India described the operation as an effort to prevent terrorism by proactive self-defense, targeting both terrorist infrastructure and "those who are trying to support them."
Ankit Panda, a columnist, believed that the latter group included the Pakistani military or other government agents. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, India's minister of communication and broadcasting, claimed on September 30 that the operation had been carried out on the ground without any aerial attacks.
Pakistan’s denied the surgical strike attack
Pakistan denied allegations that any surgical strikes took place. The accusation was deemed "baseless" by Pakistan's Foreign Office, which also claimed that India was "deliberately" intensifying the war.
According to the Pakistani Army, there had only been "cross-border shooting." Pakistan issued a warning that if any surgical attack actually took place, it will retaliate militarily.
Naik Imtiaz and Havildar Jumma Khan were recognized as the two soldiers who perished. According to Pakistani authorities, up to fourteen Indian soldiers were killed in retaliatory firing across the LOC in the hours following the strike, and Chandu Babulal Chavan was captured.
It further claimed that India was hiding the number of people it had lost due to the cross-border shooting. Later, it was revealed that the detained Indian soldier had strayed into another area of the Line of Control, where there had been no reported fighting.
Later, he was sent back to India. Defense analysts in Pakistan claimed that it was impossible for Indian forces to sneak through the heavily guarded and armed Line of Control border, conduct operations at many locations over several hours, and then retreat without suffering fatalities or encountering military resistance.
Pakistan had never accepted the surgical strike
One source claimed that the Indian storyline corresponded to a great movie script created for general consumption. Ejaz Awan refuted accusations that Indian paratroopers were involved, saying, you need helicopters on the ground to pull out these forces.
The Line of Control (LoC), where it suspects terrorists gather for their final briefings before sneaking across the LoC, was the target of the attack, according to Indian officials.
According to an Indian security source, the operation started shortly after midnight IST on September 29 with Indian forces firing artillery across the border to provide cover for three to four teams of 70 to 80 soldiers from the 4th and 9th battalions of the Para Special Forces to cross the LoC at various points (18:30 hours UTC, 28 Sep).
Teams from 4 Para and 9 Para simultaneously breached the LoC in the Nowgam sector of Kupwara district and Poonch district, respectively. According to army sources, the special forces teams had traveled 1-3 kilometers on foot by 2 a.m.
IST had started destroying terrorist facilities with 84 mm rocket launchers and hand-held grenades. The squads then promptly crossed the Line of Control back over to Indian territory with only one casualty—a soldier hurt after tripping a land mine.
According to the Indian Army, the action was a preventative strike targeting militant strongholds after it got information that the militants were preparing "terrorist strikes" against India.
In addition to attacking terrorist infrastructure, India claimed to have attacked "those who are trying to support them," possibly referring to the Pakistani military.
India later briefed foreign envoys and opposition parties, but it withheld operational information. The Indian government allegedly published footage of the strikes in 2018.
Written By- Saurav Sharma
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