Pak army chief feared ‘hard action’ by India if IAF pilot not returned: Ex-envoy
He also claimed that then Pakistan PM Imran Khan wanted to speak to PM Modi but the latter didn't take his call.
He also claimed that then Pakistan PM Imran Khan wanted to speak to PM Modi but the latter didn't take his call.
Taking to Twitter, Adityanath said, "On the third anniversary of 'Balakot Air Strike', salute to the extraordinary valour of 'Indian Air Force'.
Rahul Gandhi was answering a question about the alleged chat in which the Balakot airstrike, carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on February 26 2019, to avenge February 14, 2019, Pulwama terror strike on a CRPF convoy in which more than 40 soldiers were slaughtered.
To avenge the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India conducted an aerial strike at a terror training centre in Balakot of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on February 26 last year (2019).
The IAF had struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp in Pakistan's Balakot area on February 26, in response to the February 14 Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
