To be honest, in purely military terms, use of special forces is to take out very selective target or a specific person. If Indian military has claimed that they targeted some "XYZ" commander or important figure of LeT or JeM or whatever suiting their propaganda it makes sense.
But a strike to destroy some "launching pads" with "x" numbers of terrorists does not make sense at all. As per Indian claims, these camps were just 500 meters to a kilometer or so from LoC. That means that can be easily targeted using artillery other safe (stand off) options. The objective was just to eliminate the camps and its inmates. There was apparently no objective to capture alive a specific person or to retrieve a specific document/device or a thing of interest (which necessitate the use of special forces)
There was also no near by civilian population which may cause a risk of collateral damage. If Indian Army has an intel, satellite imagery and exact coordinates, it was a super easy job for artillery or Brahmose or even Stand off released by IAF Mirages from 40-50KMs away.
Hence, it proved beyond any doubt that this was just a propaganda stunt and just another episode in 4th Gen. war against Pakistan.