Satellite images reviewed by Reuters cast doubt on claims by the Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi about strikes by Indian jets on Islamist militants in Pakistan via ReutersMartinH mgerrydoyle SimonScarr
NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE - High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the Islamist group’s training camp on the site and killed a large number of militants.
The images cast further doubt on statements made over the last eight days by the Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the raids, early on Feb. 26, had hit all the intended targets at the madrasa site near Jaba village and the town of Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Pakistan has disputed India’s account, saying the operation was a failure that saw Indian jets, under pressure from Pakistani planes, drop their bombs on a largely empty hillside. On the wooded slopes above Jaba, they pointed to four craters and some splintered pine trees, but noted little other impact from the blasts that jolted them awake about 3 a.m. on Feb. 26.He said there weren’t any human casualties: “No one died. Only some pine trees died, they were cut down. A crow also died.”
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