India, May 7 -- Two senior woman officersColonel Sophia Qureshi of the Indian Army and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh of the Indian Air Force, were at the helm of 'Operation Sindoor' media briefing along side Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

The press conference follows last night's military strike on Pakistan carried out in response to the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 people.

Colonel Sophia Qureshi, a highly respected officer from the Indian Army's Corps of Signals, has a strong military background. She made history in 2016 as the first woman officer to command an Indian Army contingent in a multinational military exercise.

She led India's team at the largest foreign military drill hosted by I...