India Eliminates 5 High Profile JeM, LET Terrorists Inside Pakistan & PoK Under Operation Sindoor

Operation Sindoor: The Indian armed forces have eliminated five high-profile terrorists in aerial strikes carried out on May 7 inside Pakistan and in the PoK.

India launched an attack in the terrorist infrastructure in Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Bahawalpur, Rawalakot, Chakswari, Bhimber, Neelum Valley, Jhelum, and Chakwal.

Ten family members of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar were reportedly killed in air strikes. Now, ANI has released the details of five high-profile terrorists in the airstrike. Details are below:

1) Mudassar Khadian Khas @ Mudassar @ Abu Jundal. Affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba. His funeral prayer was held in a government school, led by Hafiz Abdul Rauf of JuD (a designated global terrorist). A serving Lt. General of the Pak Army and the IG of Punjab Police attended the prayer ceremony.

2) Hafiz Muhammed Jameel. Affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed. He is the eldest brother-in-law of Maulana Masood Azhar.

3) Mohammad Yusuf Azhar @ Ustad Ji @ Mohd Salim @ Ghosi Sahab. Affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed. He is brother-in-law of Maulana Masood Azhar. He was wanted in the IC-814 hijacking case.

4) Khalid @ Abu Akasha. Affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba. He was involved in multiple terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir and was engaged in weapons smuggling from Afghanistan. His funeral was held in Faisalabad and attended by senior Pakistani Army officials and the Deputy Commissioner of Faisalabad.

5) Mohammad Hassan Khan. Affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammed. He was the son of Mufti Asghar Khan Kashmiri, operational commander of JeM in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). He played a key role in coordinating terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir.

As the conflict between the two neighbours increased, India on Saturday said it has effectively neutralised Pakistan's provocative action of employing multiple threats along the western border using drones, long-range weapons, fighter jets, targeting civilian areas and military infrastructure. India has claimed that Pakistan has been observed to be moving its troops into forward areas.

Nonetheless, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has now signalled a desire to de-escalate - but only if India stops first.

He told Reuters: "If India stops here, we will consider stopping too.'' This statement, while sounding conciliatory on the surface, raises a critical question: Can Pakistan truly abandon its terror playbook, or is this just another tactical ploy?

Inputs from agencies.