No terror sanctuary safe: Army warns Pakistan on Op Sindoor anniversary

“We will hit everything,” he said at a joint press briefing by top officials from the three services to mark the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor. Ghai oversaw the operation last year as the army’s director general of military operations. He described it as “a defining moment in India’s strategic journey.”

The operation, which began in the early hours of May 7, 2025, was New Delhi’s muscular response to the Pakistan-backed Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. It triggered four days of strikes and counterstrikes with fighter jets, missiles, drones, long-range weapons and heavy artillery before the two sides reached an understanding on stopping all military action on May 10.

Ghai said standoff precision strikes were timed to perfection, achieved total surprise, and inflicted maximum damage in each terror hub that the Indian forces hit deep inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and heartland Pakistan, signalling that no sanctuary is safe.