Pahalgam fallout: Fearing India hit, Pakistan empties out terror launch pads off LoC

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Following the Pahalgam terror attack, intelligence reports indicate that numerous Pakistani terrorists have retreated from launchpads in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) to deeper locations within POK and Pakistan. This withdrawal comes amid fears of retaliatory strikes by Indian forces, reminiscent of the 2019 surgical strikes.

Bharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. She has been writing on security matters since 1996. Having covered the Union home ministry, security agencies, Election Commission and the ‘prime’ political beat, the Congress, for The Economic Times all these years, she moved to TOI in August 2012.

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