India carried out the Balakot airstrike in retaliation for the Pulwama terror attack.

On 14 February 2019, a suicide bomber from Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked a CRPF convoy in Pulwama, killing 40 personnel.

On 26 February 2019, India conducted airstrikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp near Balakot in Pakistan in response to the Pulwama terror attack.

The operation was described as the first Indian airstrike inside Pakistan since 1971.

On 27 February 2019, Pakistan launched an aerial response across the LoC, leading to an air battle in which Abhinandan Varthaman’s MiG-21 was shot down and he was captured.