(20 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Line of control, Indian-controlled Kashmir – 20 May 2025
1. Various of Indian army soldiers during drill showing anti-aircraft gun
2. Wide of Indian post on a mountain near the Line of Control
3. Mid of Indian soldier pointing towards Pakistan-controlled Kashmir area
4. Wide of mountains near the Line of Control
5. Various of Indian army soldiers participating in drill
6. Mid of Indian Army officer briefing media personnel
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Name withheld at request of Indian army, Indian Army Officer:
“Our own defence preparedness, robust tactical readiness and also infrastructural development has ensured that while we are fully prepared and ready to undertake our primary aim here that is of ensuring zero infiltration and maintaining peace and security in this region."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Line of control, Indian-controlled Kashmir – 19 May 2025
8. Various of Indian army soldiers participating in drills
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Name withheld at request of Indian army, Indian Army Officer:
“As part of the Op Sindoor (Operation Sindoor) we had used the same drills we have practiced before and during the operation we put it into effect to target the enemy launch pads in the Leepa and the Neelum valley (areas in the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir)."
10. Wide of snow covered mountains on the Line of Control
11. Various of Indian army soldiers participating in drills
12. Mid of soldier looking through binoculars
13. Wide of mountains
14. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Name withheld at request of Indian army, Indian Army Officer:
“On 7th of May 2025, around 0230 (am) the ceasefire was violated in this sector. The enemy fired a huge number of artillery, mortars and small arms on our post and civilian areas. The Indian army is prepared all 24 hours (a day) to deal with any such situations. We gave the enemy a befitting reply.”
15. Various of Indian soldiers by border fence
16. Wide of drone in sky
STORYLINE:
The Indian army this week gave a guided tour of some of the key sectors along the Line of Control in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
At one military post, soldiers scrambled to load artillery guns and demonstrated firing precision rounds across the border as troops carried out drills.
The ceasefire reached between India and Pakistan early this month seems largely intact but also gives an impression of constant strain.
The Indian army says it remains on razor-sharp alert to “respond with force” at the slightest provocation.
At another military post perched at 3,000 meters, the army swung into action, preparing to launch mortar attacks on hostile targets as part of another drill.
A surveillance drone hovered above while patrols equipped with sophisticated weaponry monitored barbed-wire fences for infiltration attempts by militants and suspected terrorists.
The militaries of India and Pakistan were engaged in one of their most serious confrontations in decades early this month when India struck targets inside Pakistan it said were affiliated with militants responsible for the massacre of 26 tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir last month.
The hostilities rose as both sides fired precision weapons and missiles to mainly target each other’s military installations and airbases.
AP video shot by Rishi Lekhi
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