The Director General Military Operations (DGMO) said in a press briefing, that, Indian Army conducted surgical strikes on terror launch pads at the LoC on Wednesday night. Surgical strikes were based on specific intelligence input of terror groups ready to infiltrate into India and carry out terror attacks.

DGMO Lt General Ranbir Singh, said that, "Significant casualties have been caused in these strikes." adding that, "the operation has now ended."

"The strikes targeted the terrorists and those backing them," the DGMO said.

"Despite our persistent appeals to Pakistan to not allow territory under its control to be used for terrorist activities, nothing was done," the DGMO said.

According to the Gen Singh, India shared with Pak army details of the surgical strikes which followed "very specific information" that terrorists were positioning themselves in the launch pads along the LoC.

President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Former PM Manmohan Singh, J&K Governor and J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti have been briefed on the surgical strikes by the Indian Army.

Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the situation along the LoC.

Earlier, four terrorists had stormed an Army camp in Uri on September 18 and killed 18 soldiers.

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