Minist­er’s revela­tion lays bare Indian govt’s claims­KARACHI: India on Sunday conceded for the first time that there were no casualties in the Balakot strike. “The air strikes by India were just a warning,” said Union Minister Surinder Singh Ahluwalia in an interview with an Indian TV channel. “Neither Prime Minister Narendra Modi nor any government spokesperson had given any figure on casualty of air strikes,” said Ahluwalia. On February 26, Indian fighter jets had carried out air strikes in Balakot on what the Modi administration alleged were ‘militant camps’. And increasingly, questions are also being raised in the Indian media regarding the Indian government’s version of events.

Source: The Express Tribune March 04, 2019 03:22 UTC