THE INDIAN Military on Sunday stated a minimum of 5 key operatives of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) have been amongst 100 terrorists killed in Indian strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and PoK on Could 7, the primary day of Operation Sindoor.
These 5 terrorists have been recognized as Mudassar Khadian Khas and Khalid alias Abu Akasha of the LeT; and Mohammed Yusuf Azhar, Hafiz Mohammed Jaleel, and Mohammad Hassan Khan of the JeM.
Mohammed Yusuf Azhar
Additionally recognized by aliases reminiscent of Ustad Ji, Mohammad Salim and Ghosi Sahab, Azhar is crucial kill throughout Operation Sindoor. A senior operative of the JeM, he was JeM founder Masood Azhar’s brother-in-law, and a needed accused within the 1999 IC-814 hijacking case. Following the hijacking, Yusuf Azhar turned a outstanding determine in JeM’s operations and was listed amongst India’s most needed terrorists. He was additionally on Interpol’s Pink Discover record since 2000.
He was main the JeM’s largest coaching camp in Balakot, Pakistan, when the IAF carried out airstrikes on it in 2019 as a response to the Pulwama terror assault. The camp was concerned in coaching terrorists for suicide assaults.
Yusuf Azhar performed a big function within the hijacking of Indian Airways flight IC-814 which was diverted to Kandahar in Afghanistan and led to the discharge of Masood Azhar from an Indian jail. Though he was not bodily current on the aircraft, Yusuf Azhar was one of many key masterminds and coordinators of the hijacking operation. He additionally offered logistical and operational help to the hijackers, guaranteeing they’d the mandatory assets, weapons, and a escape plan as soon as the aircraft landed in Kandahar.
Whereas the hijackers held the hostages, Yusuf Azhar acted as a key determine coordinating with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and managing communication between JeM operatives and the hijackers. His affect and connections with the Taliban have been important in facilitating the secure haven for the hijackers and the hostages in the course of the standoff.
Mudassar Khadian Khas
Khas managed the affairs of Markaz Taiba, thought-about to be the LeT headquarters, in Pakistan’s Muridke. It’s right here that LeT chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed delivers his key sermons and oversees the planning of huge terror assaults. It was at this facility that 26/11 terrorists Ajmal Kasab and David Coleman Headley have been educated.
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Khas, who can be recognized by the aliases Mudassar and Abu Jundal, was recruited by LeT deputy chief Saifullah Khalid Kasuri. Earlier, he labored with Hafiz Abdul Rauf (chairman of Al Khidmat Committee) as his safety in-charge. He had additionally labored with Hafiz Saeed’s son-in-law Hafiz Khalid Waleed, the final secretary of political celebration PMML in Lahore.
The power that Khas managed was arrange within the early Nineteen Eighties by Hafiz Saeed and his associates after the formation of LeT as an offshoot of the Markaz Dawa wal Irshad. Unfold over 200 acres, it has in depth coaching grounds, dormitories for recruits, and logistical hubs. It serves because the ideological and recruitment centre providing navy coaching in phases.
Movies of Khas’s funeral confirmed a guard of honour by the Pakistan Military, and wreaths being laid on behalf of the Pak Military Chief in addition to the Punjab CM (Maryam Nawaz). A serving Lt. Common of the Pak Military and the IG of Punjab Police attended the prayer ceremony. His funeral prayer was held in a authorities college, led by JuD’s Hafiz Abdul Rauf, a delegated international terrorist.
Hafiz Muhammed Jameel
A senior JeM operative, he was the eldest brother-in-law of the fear group’s founder Masood Azhar. Sources stated he was in-charge of Markaz Subhan Allah, the headquarters of the JeM in Bahawalpur, Pakistan Punjab.
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In response to the Military, Jameel was a member of the JeM Shura (its highest decision-making physique) and a confidante of Masood Azhar. Jameel, the Military stated, typically visited PoK to recruit for the JeM in addition to to boost funds for the group.
Sources stated Jameel’s relations are additionally suspected to have died within the airstrike.
Established in 1999 by Masood Azhar, the JeM developed the Bahawalpur facility by 2009. A 6.5-acre walled complicated, the power was used for terror coaching. This complicated, generally known as Jamia Masjid Subhanallah, is located round 8 km from the headquarters of Pakistan Military’s 31 Corps. Sources stated the power has been related to the 2016 Pathankot airbase assault and the 2019 Pulwama suicide bombing, through which 40 CRPF personnel have been killed.
Mohammad Hassan Khan
The son of JeM’s operational commander for PoK, Mufti Asghar Khan Kashmiri, he was additionally related to Indian fugitive Ashiq Nengroo, who is needed for the 2019 Pulwama assault. “He additionally coordinated with Shakargarh-based JeM operatives, viz Mohammad Adnan Ali alias Physician Mussadiq, Ali Kashif Jaan alias Usman Haider and Mohammad Yasir,” an Military assertion stated.
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The Military stated Khan used to accompany his father to attend shura conferences. Kashmiri oversees key JeM coaching amenities, together with the Markaz Syedna Bilal camp in Muzaffarabad that capabilities as a transit and coaching centre for terrorists previous to their infiltration into J&Okay.
Khalid alias Abu Akasha
Concerned in a number of terror assaults in J&Okay, Khalid performed a key function in smuggling weapons from Afghanistan for the LeT. His significance within the state-backed anti-India terror infrastructure in Pakistan is underlined by the truth that his funeral in Faisalabad was attended by senior officers of the Pakistan Military and the Deputy Commissioner of Faisalabad, stated sources.
The Indian Military stated Sunday that Khalid was a educated LeT terrorist who operated in J&Okay and exfiltrated again to Pakistan the place he operated from Peshawar. He lately shifted to the LeT HQ in Muridke and was a part of the group’s Central Committee. “He labored carefully with Central LeT/JuD entities: Yahya Mujahid, Qari Yakub Sheikh, Abdul Rehman, Khalid Waleed, Engineer Haris Dar and Abdul Rehman Abid,” an Military assertion stated.