A defiant Pakistan reacted to India's anti-terror ops in Myanmar today, warning India, with this message: Do not mistake Pakistan for Myanmar. Our army is fully capable of responding to adventurism.


Special forces of the army in coordination with the air force on Tuesday carried out a surgical strike inside Myanmar, killing nearly 20 insurgents of the groups believed to be responsible for the deadly ambush in Manipur that killed 18 soldiers.


Elite commandos of the army went a few kilometres inside the Myanmar territory to destroy two camps of insurgents hiding there after their attacks in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh last week by Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland- Khaplang and Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup outfits.


In fact, the counter-insurgency operation was being planned since the last three months. The ambush on the convoy of soldiers of the Army's 6th Dogra Infantry, that killed 18 of them in the morning of June 4 in Manipur's Chandel district, became the trigger to advance the operation by joint forces of the Indian military to June 9.


According to a source in government, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar had secretly visited Myanmar last month to tie up things with the government there regarding the Indian military operation whenever it took place.