Balakot Air Strike: Mission to bomb JeM terror camps was codenamed 'Operation Bandar', says ex-IAF chief
'Operation Bandar' was planned under utmost secrecy and most of the details were only known to the top planners, defence sources have revealed
BusinessToday.In | February 26, 2021 | Updated 11:55 IST
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Indian Air Force's (IAF) mission to bomb a terrorist hideout in Balakot, Pakistan, was codenamed 'Operation Bandar'. It's been two years since IAF conducted the Balakot Air Strike in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on February 14, 2019, to avenge the deadly Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Jammu and Kashmir.
'Operation Bandar' was planned under utmost secrecy and most of the details were only known to the top planners, defence sources have revealed. The operation was so secret that the then Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa had made a classified telephonic call to Ajit Doval, National Security Adviser, about the success of the attack.