PM Modi monitored the entire surgical strike on Pakistan’s terror hubs 

 

The surgical strike by the Indian Army on Pakistan’s terror launch pads was monitored and approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India wanted to turn off the tap of infiltration at its root on Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and not wait for terrorists to cross the LoC.

According to sources, the surgical strikes by the Indian army were on terrorists and whom Pakistan term as "non-state actors", and "not on the Pakistan state as such". Experts say Pakistan, on the other hand, should have co-operated and neutralized these terrorist on almost half-a-dozen launch pads inside the PoK side of the Line of Control (LoC).

Government felt that it was imperative that the root of this infiltration, the launch pads across the LoC be destroyed, as Pakistan has so far not co-operated to act against them regardless of many inputs provided by India on various occasions. 

"As the Prime Minister had said earlier this week, 17 such attempts had been foiled by our security forces in the recent past but the terrorists managed to come in and attack Uri. Hence, armed with specific intelligence on the location of these launch pads, a call was taken by India to attack the centers of these terrorists. We have inflicted heavy casualties. Any Pakistani Army casualties could be due to their effort on protecting these launch pads...Pakistan should answer why its Army men were there," a senior government source told ET.

The example of US forces neutralizing the known terrorist Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad with having Pakistan involved is also being cited by many.

“Our strike was in PoK across the LoC - PoK is considered by us as an integral part of India and even in International parlance, it is a disputed territory between India and Pakistan. Like the US in the Osama case, India also informed Pakistan of the surgical strike once the same was over - the government hence went public with the same in India too,” the source further said.

Pakistan, though has denied the surgical attacks as the country doesn’t want to admit having terrorist camps on its side.  Retaliation is still expected from Pakistan. DGMO Lt Gen Ranbir Singh has already said that the terrorists killed by Indian Army had plans to attack Indian cities, states and metros will be cautioned towards the possibility of such attacks by terror modules ahead of the festive season.
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