What the records say
- When
- 28 Sep 2016 – 29 Sep 2016
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 34.93° N, 76.77° E
- Description
- surgical strike by Indian Army against terrorists
- Cause
- 2016 Uri attack
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2016 Indian Line of Control strike
Part of the continuing Indo–Pakistani conflict in Kashmir
On 29 September 2016, teams of Indian Army Para crossed the Line of Control into Pakistani-administered Kashmir to attack targets up to a kilometer within territory held by Pakistan. The raid occurred ten days after four militants had attacked an Indian army outpost at Uri on 18 September 2016 in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, and killed 19 soldiers.
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