NEW DELHI: Jaish-e-Mohammed 's headquarters in Pakistan's Bahawalpur , the command hub of the ISI-backed terror outfit was blown to bits in India's precision strikes under ' Operation Sindoor ', ANI sources confirmed on Sunday.
The strike, carried out nearly 100 kilometres deep inside mainland Pakistan, was described by sources as the most powerful of 'Operation Sindoor', involving India’s most potent weapon.
The Indian armed forces flattened nine terror launchpads in total, but the hit on Bahawalpur stood out for its strategic and symbolic significance. Among the dead were ten members of JeM chief Masood Azhar ’s family. His brother and group's operational commander, Abdul Rauf Azhar was also reportedly killed in the strikes.
Abdul Rauf, once the 24-year-old mastermind of the 1999 IC-814 hijacking that forced India to release Masood Azhar, had since become the architect of some of the deadliest terror attacks on Indian soil, from the 2001 J&K Assembly and Parliament strikes to the 2016 Pathankot attack and the 2019 Pulwama suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF personnel.
Sources said the targeting of the Bahawalpur base was not incidental but deliberate, meant to dismantle the JeM leadership and deliver a direct message to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence , the agency that founded and sustained Jaish for decades.
In a statement the morning after the strike, Masood Azhar admitted to the heavy losses. "Ten members of my family are dead. It should have been me," he said, acknowledging the devastating blow dealt by the Indian operation.
Masood Azhar, who rose to global infamy after being freed in the Kandahar hostage crisis, went on to form Jaish-e-Mohammed and spearhead a series of attacks that brought Indo-Pak relations to the brink.
With 'Operation Sindoor', India has now directly targeted the epicentre of his network, Bahawalpur, marking a shift from tactical response to strategic deterrence.
The strike, carried out nearly 100 kilometres deep inside mainland Pakistan, was described by sources as the most powerful of 'Operation Sindoor', involving India’s most potent weapon.
The Indian armed forces flattened nine terror launchpads in total, but the hit on Bahawalpur stood out for its strategic and symbolic significance. Among the dead were ten members of JeM chief Masood Azhar ’s family. His brother and group's operational commander, Abdul Rauf Azhar was also reportedly killed in the strikes.
Abdul Rauf, once the 24-year-old mastermind of the 1999 IC-814 hijacking that forced India to release Masood Azhar, had since become the architect of some of the deadliest terror attacks on Indian soil, from the 2001 J&K Assembly and Parliament strikes to the 2016 Pathankot attack and the 2019 Pulwama suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF personnel.
Sources said the targeting of the Bahawalpur base was not incidental but deliberate, meant to dismantle the JeM leadership and deliver a direct message to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence , the agency that founded and sustained Jaish for decades.
In a statement the morning after the strike, Masood Azhar admitted to the heavy losses. "Ten members of my family are dead. It should have been me," he said, acknowledging the devastating blow dealt by the Indian operation.
Masood Azhar, who rose to global infamy after being freed in the Kandahar hostage crisis, went on to form Jaish-e-Mohammed and spearhead a series of attacks that brought Indo-Pak relations to the brink.
With 'Operation Sindoor', India has now directly targeted the epicentre of his network, Bahawalpur, marking a shift from tactical response to strategic deterrence.
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