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Abid Hussain

Why did India strike Pakistan? All we know about Operation Sindoor

A paramilitary soldier stands guard outside a government complex after Indian missile attacks in Muridke, on May 7, 2025 [Arif Ali/AFP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir were rocked by multiple missile attacks by India early on Wednesday morning, in which at least 31 people, including a three-year-old child, died.

Pakistan’s military said Indian missiles struck six cities. That included four different places in Punjab province — the first time that India has hit Pakistan’s most populous state since the 1971 war between the neighbours. The remaining two places targeted were Muzaffarabad and Kotli, both in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

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