, May 7 -- NEW DELHI: Over 80 terrorists were killed in a series of precision strikes carried out by Indian armed forces on terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) early on Wednesday, top security sources said.

The cross-border action, dubbed Operation Sindoor, targeted nine facilities linked to banned terrorist outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Hizbul Mujahideen, in retaliation for the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 civilians dead.

According to senior officials, the two biggest strikes were conducted in JeM stronghold Bahawalpur and Muridke, killing an estimated 25-30 terrorists at each site. In Muridke, the target was Masjid wa Markaz Taiba, the LeT's nerve centre and ...