India, May 7 -- India on Wednesday launched "Operation Sindoor," hitting nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the government said in a statement on Wednesday. The strikes were in retaliation to last week's Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 people were killed.

Multiple loud explosions were heard in several places in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday. After the explosions, power was blacked out in Muzaffarabad, witnesses said.

No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted, India said in a statement.

India announces Operation Sindoor against terror infrastructure in Pakistan.

A little while ago, the Indian Armed Forces launched 'OPERATION SINDOOR', hitting terrorist infrastructure in P...