LIVE! Foreign Secy Vijay Gokhale's briefing in air strikes begin

The Jem is active in pakistan for last 2 decades, the organization which was proscribed by US is responsible for many attacks in India. Indian Air force was carried out in Balakot area of KP in Pakistan. Balakot is a subdivision of Mansehra district. The place where the explosives were dropped is known as Jaba Top.

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale confirms target was chosen to avoid civilian casualties; JeM camp was run by Maulana Yusuf Azhar, brother-in-law of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar.India has confirmed a non-military preemptive strike on a major Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said the target was chosen to avoid civilian casualties. He said the camp was run by Maulana Yusuf Azhar, brother-in-law of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar.


Credible intelligence inputs shows that JeM was planning another Fidayeen attack,The Govt of India took necessary measure to destroy the JeM camps with an air strike, Vijay Gokle Foreign Secretary.


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at the residence of JKLF Chief Yasin Malik in Srinagar on Tuesday morning. Adequate security is deployed outside the residence while NIA officials conducted the raid.


Yasin Malik was detained by the police late on Friday night.

Maliks detention comes ahead of a crucial hearing on Article 35A in Supreme Court which is likely to take place in between Feb 26 to Feb 28.





Journalist Yusuf Jameel tweets: We're in Srinagar. All we could hear is: war planes roaring in the skies past 3 am. My wife woke me up to say "something is going on".