New Delhi, May 7 -- India carried out late night strikes at terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir hitting 9 targets successfully in the exercise called 'Operation Sindoor,' the government said early Wednesday morning.

The strike by India comes two weeks after after Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people, mostly tourists were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Baisran hill station. India had blamed Pakistan for the attack.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had vowed to avenge the terror attack in Pahalgam, is said to have monitored the operation through the night. The strikes come after days of escalated tensions and donwgraded diplimatic relations between Indian and Pakistan.

Codenamed 'Operation Sindoor', t...