India, July 4 -- Nearly two months after India launched Operation Sindoor targeting terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul R Singh has said that the decision to strike the nine targets was taken in the last hour before the operation started.

The top Army officer said that India had narrowed down 21 targets, of which nine were considered "prudent to engage", and were finalised in the last hour.

He was addressing an event organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

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