Operation Sindoor: Ajit Doval hits out at foreign media reports, says no evidence of damage in India

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday delivered a sharp rebuke to foreign media coverage of Operation Sindoor, asking them for proof of what 'damage' Pakistan caused to India.

Speaking at IIT Madras, Doval challenged the credibility of international coverage, and asked why no evidence of Indian damage was ever shown, despite claims that Pakistan had retaliated.

"Foreign press said that Pakistan did that and this... You tell me one photograph, one image, which shows any damage to any Indian (structure), even a glass pane having been broken,” Doval said. “They wrote these things and put out things..."


Referring specifically to the reporting around Operation Sindoor — India’s precision strikes targeting terrorist infrastructure deep inside Pakistan — Doval pointed out that available satellite imagery tell a different story.

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“The images only showed 13 air bases in Pakistan before and after 10th May, whether it was in Sargodha, Rahim Yar Khan, Chaklala... I am only telling you what the foreign media put out on the basis of images...”

He added pointedly, “We are capable of doing that (damage to Pakistani air bases...)” — suggesting that while India had the capability to inflict serious damage, the operation remained targeted and precise.

Operation Sindoor: ‘We missed none’

Offering new operational details, Doval praised the success and precision of Operation Sindoor, describing it as a technologically advanced strike carried out with complete indigenous support.

"We have to develop our indigenous technology. Mention of Sindoor was made here. We are really proud of how much of indigenous content was there," he said.

He reiterated that the operation involved striking nine terrorist targets deep inside Pakistani territory — not along the border — and that every intended target was hit.

“We decided to have 9 terrorist targets in the criss-cross of Pakistan, it was not in the border areas. We missed none. We hit nowhere else except that. It was precise to the point where we knew who was where," Doval said.

“Entire operation took 23 minutes... You tell me one photograph that shows any Indian damage done... They wrote things, New York Times... but the images showed 13 air bases of Pakistan before and after 10th May..."

Operation Sindoor, first acknowledged publicly on the night of May 7 when it was launched, marked one of the most audacious Indian military actions in recent years, involving deep strikes on terrorist infrastructure inside Pakistan.