Indian Army ne Sunday ko confirm kiya ki Operation Sindoor ke dauraan Pakistan aur Pakistan-occupied Kashmir mein kiye gaye airstrikes mein lagbhag 100 Pakistani terrorists ko target kiya gaya, jinmein kuch high-value targets bhi shamil the — jaise ki 1999 ke Indian Airlines flight (IC-814) hijacking aur 2019 ke Pulwama attack mein involved terrorists.
“Unh nine terror hubs par kiye gaye strikes mein 100 se zyada terrorists maar diye gaye, jinmein high-value targets jaise Yusuf Azhar, Abdul Malik Rauf aur Mudasir Ahmed shamil the, jo IC814 hijack aur Pulwama blast mein involved the,” ye bataya Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai ne Army press briefing mein.
Yusuf Azhar, jo Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar ka bhai hai, IC-814 hijacking case mein wanted tha, jiske baad 1999 mein Masood Azhar ko release kiya gaya tha. Yusuf, JeM ke operations mein ek major role play karta tha — weapons training supervise karta tha aur Jammu and Kashmir mein kai attacks mein actively shamil tha.
Abdul Malik Rauf ek high-ranking commander tha Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ka, aur United States ne use global terrorist declare kiya tha. Mudasir Ahmed bhi ek senior Lashkar operative tha, jo Markaz Taiba, Muridke (LeT ka headquarters) ka incharge tha.
Top military official ne kaha ki ‘Operation Sindoor’ ek “clear military aim” ke saath plan kiya gaya tha — terrorists aur unke planners ko punish karne aur unki terror infrastructure ko destroy karne ke liye. “What I do not of course is the often-stated determination of India and its intolerance to terror,” unhone aur kaha.
Terror camps identify karne ke process par DGMO ne bataya, “Nefarious places jaise Muridke, jo Lashkar-e-Taiba ka hub hai, saalon se Ajmal Kasab aur David Headley jaise logon ka paida karne waala center raha hai,” aur ye sab target kiye gaye locations mein shamil the.
“Nine designated targets mein se, Indian Air Force ko assign kiya gaya tha Bahawalpur aur Muridke jaise notorious terrorist training camps — jo Pakistan ke andar deep located hain. Humne thorough target system analysis ke baad air-to-surface guided munitions se precision strikes kiye, taaki effective engagement ho aur minimal collateral damage ho,” ye kaha Air Marshal AK Bharti ne, jo media se bhi address kar rahe the.
India ne Operation Sindoor 7 May ko launch kiya, Pahalgam terrorist attacks ka badla lene ke liye — jahan Pakistan-based terrorists ne Jammu and Kashmir mein 26 civilians ko maar diya tha.