The Pakistani army had shelled various Indian military formations in Poonch on October 23

The Indian Army targeted Pakistani military administrative headquarters across the Line of Control on Monday in retaliation to the recent shelling in Poonch and Jhallas.

The Army attack took place in the Khuiratta and Samani areas of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The Pakistani army had shelled the brigade headquarters and other Indian military formations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on October 23.

“In response to Pakistani army’s firing of stray shells on Poonch and Jhallas on October 23, 2018, the Indian Army has sent a strong signal by firing at Pakistani army administrative headquarters... and the residents of border villages also reported that they could see smoke emanating,” officials said.

Following the shelling in Poonch, the Indian Army has in its “strong signal” to Pakistan, fired on its army administrative headquarters in PoK, they said.

Quoting information received from across the border, the officials claimed that several photographs “stood testimony” to the reports of border villagers that they had seen smoke emanating from the Pakistani headquarters after the Indian military’s retaliatory action.

They said the Indian Army has exercised maximum restraint, despite continuous provocation by the Pakistani army.

The Army has avoided targeting civilian population living in the close proximity of the Line of Control (LoC) in PoK areas such as Hajira, Bandi Gopalpur, Nikial, Samani and Khuiratta, the officials said.

Officials claimed that against the more than 138 casualties suffered by the Pakistani army in 2017, the numbers reduced to half till May 2018 after the neighbouring nation was forced to request for a ceasefire in the face of mounting deaths and injuries. PTI

Pakistani military administrative headquarters in the Khuiratta and Samani areas of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were targeted

Courtesy: Economic Times: 29 Oct, 2018