Operation Sindoor was conceptualized with a clear military aim to punish the perpetrators and planners of terror and to destroy their terror infrastructure.

What I do not state here is the often-stated determination of India and its intolerance to terror. It set into motion a very diligent and microscopic scarring of the terror landscape across the borders and the identification of terror camps and training sites.

The locations that emerged were numerous, but as we deliberated more, we realized that some of these terror hubs were now bereft of presence and had preemptively been vacated, fearing retribution from us.

There was also a term of reference and our own binding self-imposed restriction to target only terrorists and thus prevent collateral damage

– DGMO Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai during the Press Briefing on Operation Sindoor