Security personnel cordon-off a street near the site of a strike in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on May 7, 2025. Sajjad Qayyum | AFP | Getty Images
Multiple loud explosions were heard in several places in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday as India said it had attacked “terrorist infrastructure” in nine sites and Pakistan vowed to respond to the attacks.
After the explosions, power was blacked out inMuzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, witnesses said. It was not immediately clear what the explosions were.
“A little while ago, the Indian armed forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed,” the Indian government said in a statement.
A flare goes up in the air over the hill near the main town of Poonch district, on May 7, 2025. Punit Paranjpe | AFP | Getty Images
“Our actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted. India has demonstrated considerable restraint in selection of targets