Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar congratulates IAF for surgical strike
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday appreciated Indian Air Force for conducting surgical strike successfully across the Line of Control.
" Our niceness should never be comprehended as our weakness. I salute the IAF, Jai Hind ," Sachin tweeted.
Our niceness should never be comprehended as our weakness.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 26, 2019
I salute the IAF, Jai Hind 🇮🇳
The Indian government on Tuesday said the IAF had carried out a "non-military pre-emptive" surgical strike.
Briefing the media, India's foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale said the strike aimed at Jaish camps.
"In an intelligence led operation in the early hours of today, India struck the biggest training camp of JeM in Balakot. In this operation, a very large number of JeM terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis who were being trained for fidayeen action were eliminated. This facility at Balakot was headed by MAULANA YOUSUF AZHAR (alias USTAD GHOURI), the brother-in-law of MASOOD AZHAR, Chief of JeM," the foreign secretary said.
Reports said 1,000 kg bombs were dropped on Jaish bases across the LoC by multiple jets, including the IAF’s Mirage 2000.
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