Balakot Air Strike: On this day, India entered Pakistan and took revenge of Pulwama attack, 5 years completed

On February 14, 2019, there was a terrorist attack in Pulwama. At approximately 3 p.m. on this particular day, a car carrying explosive material in a CRPF convoy at Goripora near Awantipora on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was struck by a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist. This Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist carried out a suicide attack in Pulwama, targeting the CRPF convoy. About 40 CRPF troopers were killed and 35 were injured in the attack. However, India did not stand by while this attack went on. India responded appropriately to this attack by Pakistan, even conducting an airstrike precisely five years prior.

India fulfilled its pledge to exact revenge for the Pulwama attack, as stated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On 26 February 2019, India gave a befitting reply to Pakistan's Pulwama attack by carrying out an airstrike in Balakot, Pakistan. Balakot Airstrike has completed 5 years today.

India did not waste much time in avenging the Pulwama attack. India took revenge for the Pulwama attack at around 3 am on 26 February 2019, 12 days after the Pulwama attack. 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and carried out rapid attacks on Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist hideouts in Balakot. In this air attack, about thousand kilos of bombs were dropped on terrorist hideouts. About 300 terrorists from Pakistan were killed in the Balakot air strike. PM Modi was getting every moment news about this air strike. PM Modi had praised NSA Ajit Doval, the then Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa as well as all the people involved in this mission for this airstrike.