A Journey Through the Balakot Airstrikes: India's Response to the Pulwama Attack in Timeline
February 14, 2019
A suicide bomber affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) assaulted a convoy of CRPF soldiers, resulting in the deaths of forty of them. On the Srinagar-Jammu Highway, the assailant crashed his car into one of the buses in the convoy. In terms of the number of victims in Jammu & Kashmir, this was one of the bloodiest attacks.
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February 15, 2019
India chose to revoke Pakistans Most Favoured Nation (MFN) designation, one day following the horrific assault. It also declared that it will do everything within its power to isolate the adjacent nation on a global scale. Pakistan, however, dismissed Indias claims that it was involved in the terrorist attack and referred to it as a matter of grave concern.
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February 16, 2019
The 40 soldiers from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) had their mortal remains interred in their hometowns.
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February 17, 2019
The administration of Jammu and Kashmir decided to remove the security protection that was given to five separatist leaders in the valley. India brought up the issue in bilateral talks at the Munich Security Conference, which lasted three days, with a number of nations, including the US and Russia.
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February 18, 2019
A gunfight that lasted nearly eighteen hours in the Pinglena region of Pulwama claimed the lives of nine persons, including three terrorists from Jaish-e-Mohammed and an Army Major. Pakistan, meantime, requested consultations with India through its envoy.
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February 19, 2019
Imran Khan, the countrys prime minister at the time, spoke out about the terror incident in Pulwama and threatened to launch a counteroffensive if India chose to use force to punish Pakistan.
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February 20, 2019
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) assumed control of the terror attack case and mentioned JeM in the First Information Report (FIR).
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February 22, 2019
The Pakistani government chose to assume administrative control of the JeM headquarters in response to pressure from abroad.
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February 23, 2019
The government dispatched approximately 10,000 members of the central military to the Kashmir valley with the aim of reinforcing counter-insurgency efforts and upholding law and order.
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February 26, 2019
On the Indian Air Force struck the biggest terror-training centre operated by JeM near Balakot, Pakistan. The operation was executed twelve days subsequent to the Pulwama assault. The cross-border attacks by New Delhi were denounced by Islamabad as uncalled-for aggression.
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February 27, 2019
During a significant aerial clash between the two nations, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, an IAF pilot, was taken prisoner by Pakistan. Sushma Swaraj, the former minister of external affairs, claimed that Indias attacks were prompted by Pakistans silence on JeM.
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February 28, 2019
Pakistan halted the Samjhauta Express train service between the two nations, and it remains suspended indefinitely. Masood Azhar, the leader of the JeM, was the target of a listing request submitted by the US, UK, and France to the UN Security Council (UNSC) calling for a travel ban.
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March 1, 2019
Days after his fighter plane crashed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was released by Pakistan.
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