KATHMANDU: Indian fighter jets have carried out surgical strikes on a terrorist camp across the Line of Control in Balakot, a town in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, on Tuesday, reported a news agency.

According to the report, a group of 12 Mirage 2000 jets of Indian Air Force dropped 1,000 kilograms of bombs on the major terrorist camp and destroyed it completely.

However, major general Asif Ghafoor of Pakistan, in a tweet, said Indian fighter jets violated an agreed border between the two countries. Balakot  is about 50 kilometers from the LoC.

The attack comes 12 days after Pakistan-based terror group JeM carried out the deadly attack in Pulwama which left 40 Indian soldiers dead.

Major General Asif Ghafoorn Pakistan army spokesperson, has alleged that the Indian Air Force (IAF) had violated the Line of Control (LoC).

Pakistan’s claim came amid escalated tension between the two nuclear giants following the February 14 attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad that claimed lives of at least 40 Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Amid heightened tension, Prime Minister Naredra Modi had said the security forces were given a free hand to retaliate the evil attack.

 

Payload of hastily escaping Indian aircraft fell in open. pic.twitter.com/8drYtNGMsm

— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 26, 2019