New Delhi:
Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar has claimed that 10 members of his household and 4 of his aides have been killed in India’s focused airstrikes beneath Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror assault, information company PTI reported.
A press release attributed to Azhar, who was arrested in India in 1994 and launched after the Air India IC 814 hijack, says that these killed within the strike on JeM headquarters — Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur — included his elder sister, her husband, a nephew and his spouse, a niece, and 5 kids from the prolonged household.
“Ten members of my household have been blessed with this happiness collectively tonight… 5 are harmless kids, my elder sister, her honorable husband. My scholar Fazil bhanje (nephew) and his spouse and my beloved scholar Fazilah (bhanji) … my expensive brother Huzaifah and his mom. Two extra expensive companions,” he mentioned, saying that these killed have develop into the friends of Allah.
He mentioned he has “neither remorse nor despair”. “Somewhat, it involves my coronary heart many times that I too would have joined this fourteen-member pleased caravan,” he added. The terrorist mentioned, “Time for his or her departure had come, however the Lord didn’t kill them.” He additionally invited individuals to the funeral prayers immediately.
Fifty-six-year-old Masood Azhar, listed as a world terrorist by the UN Safety Council, has been concerned within the conspiracy behind a number of terror assaults in India, together with the 2001 Parliament assault, 2008 Mumbai assaults, 2016 Pathankot assault and 2019 Pulwama assault. Whereas it’s an open secret that the terrorist is in Pakistan, Islamabad has repeatedly denied having details about him.
India fired 24 precision missiles at 9 areas in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir final night time to avenge the heinous terror assault in Pahalgam through which 26 innocents have been killed in chilly blood. Indian authorities sources have mentioned over 70 terrorists have been killed and greater than 60 wounded within the strikes.
Indian officers have expressed remorse for civilian casualties however harassed that each one efforts have been made to maintain them to a minimal. Sources mentioned all targets have been fastidiously vetted and located to be straight linked to terrorist exercise.
“The character of uneven warfare, nonetheless, usually sees terrorist teams embed their services in densely populated civilian areas, complicating any effort to keep away from non-combatant casualties utterly. The collateral injury was notably restrained, particularly contemplating the dimensions and unfold of the operation. This restraint was attributed to India’s use of precision-guided munitions, in addition to the choice of targets throughout late-night hours when civilian presence was minimal,” a authorities supply mentioned. Authorities sources mentioned that in distinction to India’s restraint, Pakistan’s narrative had shifted in direction of inflating civilian influence to realize worldwide sympathy. Within the briefing to the press after the assault, defence officers shared visuals, displaying clearly that the surgical strikes’ influence was largely restricted to focused compounds.