India, May 8 -- A sense of satisfaction and relief was collectively shared by the families of Pahalgam terror attack victims after the Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
Retaliating against the terror attack on April 22, in which 26 people were killed in south Kashmir's Pahalgam town, the Indian armed forces hit the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba's base in Muridke, among other terror targets.
"Terrorists will think 100 times before acting again," said Rajesh Narwal, father of Lt Vinay Narwal, hailing India's response.
"I had said that such a thing (retaliatory strikes) has to be done so that no one dares to do such a cowardly act...