Jaish Admits Masood Azhar’s Family Killed In Indian Strikes During Op Sindoor

Four months after India destroyed terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad has for the first time confirmed that family members of its chief, Maulana Masood Azhar, were killed in the strikes.

In a video that has gone viral, Jaish commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, flanked by armed guards, said Azhar’s family had been “torn into pieces” in the May 7 strike on Jaish headquarters, Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah. Among the dead were Azhar’s sister, her husband, his nephew, his niece, and children from his extended family. Ten of his relatives and four aides were killed.

The Bahawalpur operation, part of India’s retaliation to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that left 26 people dead, was one of the most daring airstrikes inside Pakistan. Apart from Bahawalpur, eight other Jaish-linked terror sites were reduced to rubble. Satellite images later showed heavy damage to the mosque’s dome and extensive destruction inside.