Operation Sindoor: How Pakistan and China reacted to India’s strike

India's Operation Sindoor, launched on May 7, targeted nine terror infrastructure sites in Pakistan and PoK in response to the April 22 Pahalgam attack. Pakistan condemned the move as an "act of war". Using SCALP missiles, HAMMER bombs, and kamikaze drones, the precision strikes avoided Pakistani military facilities. Heavy shelling followed along the LoC. Global powers, including the US, UN, and China, urged restraint as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors escalated