{"id":16704,"date":"2026-08-26T04:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=16704"},"modified":"2026-08-26T04:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:36:37","slug":"was-poks-skardu-airbase-next-after-sargodha-ex-cds-chauhan-reveals-why-india-switched-targets-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=16704","title":{"rendered":"Was PoK’s Skardu airbase next after Sargodha? Ex-CDS Chauhan reveals why India switched targets | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NEW DELHI: Did India plan to strike Pakistan-occupied Kashmir\u2019s Skardu airbase after targeting Sargodha? Former chief of defence staff General Anil Chauhan has revealed that Indian forces had cleared Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan as a possible target during Operation Sindoor<\/a> but had to change plans because of \u201cbad weather\u201d.Chauhan, who was heading the military when Operation Sindoor was carried out, made the remarks while speaking at the Vivekananda International Foundation on Operation Sindoor and its aftermath.Recalling the counterterror operation, former CDS Chauhan said, “Once the Pakistanis had picked up the phone and said they wanted to talk at about 10 AM. The Air Chief asked me whether he should strike Sargodha, I said, Go ahead… I said, could you please identify two more targets, so one of the targets he identified was Skardu.”“We gave a yes, but after some time, the weather was bad over it and they had to change over to Bholari,” he added.<\/p>\n

What Ex-CDS Chauhan said about Kirana Hills<\/keyword><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Chauhan also clarified that Indian forces \u201cdid not target\u201d Pakistan\u2019s Kirana Hills, an area reportedly linked to a nuclear facility.He backed Air Marshal AK Bharti, who was the then Director General of Air Operations (DGAO) of the Air Force. Bharti had said on May 12 last year, \u201cWe have not hit Kirana hills, whatever is there.\u201dBharti was responding to questions about reports and social media claims that Indian forces had targeted Kirana Hills during Operation Sindoor.Chauhan said, \u201cThere was a small episode about what Air Marshal Bharti was asked, the Kirana Hills episode. I think I’ll clarify this. On occasions, it’s been asked whether Kirana Hills were hit; that is where their (Pakistan’s) nuclear facilities are.\u201dHe said Bharti had \u201crightly clarified that we did not target Kirana Hills\u201d.Chauhan explained that Indian forces had sent several loitering munitions towards Sargodha before the strikes. Kirana Hills is around 10 km north of Sargodha.\u201cI can, maybe give a kind of an explanation… Before those strikes, we had sent in a lot of loitering munitions to Sargodha, and Kirana Hills is about 10 km north of Sargodha. So the loitering munition is looking for radars which are in and around Sargodha, and it has a time span, which means it will loiter for about two hours, and once it does not find a target, it comes down and hits somewhere,\u201d the former CDS said.<\/p>\n

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