New Delhi, May 7 -- In the early hours of Wednesday, May 7, India launched a joint military action - 'Operation Sindoor' - on terror hotbeds, striking nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The Indian military strikes in Pakistan come in response to the April 22 Pahalgam attack, which left 26 dead, most of them tourists.

Touted as the Indian military's biggest and deepest strike yet, 'Operation Sindoor' marks the first joint operation since the 1971 war. All three defence branches - Army, Navy, and Air Force - coordinated to carry out the strikes on Pakistan to eliminate Jaish-e-Muhammed and Lashkar leadership.

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military conflict between India and Pakistan during the Bangladesh Libe...