Balakot camp had over 200 terrorists, says official
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot camp had over 200 terrorists, says official

The Hindu  

The Balakot camp run by the terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed that was hit by the Indian Air Force in the early hours of Tuesday “housed more than 200 terrorists”, a senior government official said. The camp was headed by Jaish chief Masood Azhar’s brother-in-law Yusuf Azhar, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said. A former Intelligence official told The Hindu that Yusuf Azhar, alias Mohammad Salim, alias Ustad Ghouri, was a Hindu who converted to Islam and married Azhar’s sister. “These camps were located in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir earlier but after pressure built on Pakistan post-2001 Parliament attack, they were shifted to deep inside Pakistan,” he said.

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Pak-based terror group JeM, LeT maintain training camps in Afghanistan: UN report
2 years, 7 months ago

Pak-based terror group JeM, LeT maintain training camps in Afghanistan: UN report

The Hindu  

Pakistan-based terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, led by 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, maintain their training camps in some provinces of Afghanistan and some of them are directly under the Taliban control, according to a UN report. The 13th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team cites a UN Member State as saying that …

MHA declares JeM cadre Ali Kashif Jan as designated terrorist
2 years, 8 months ago

MHA declares JeM cadre Ali Kashif Jan as designated terrorist

India TV News  

India has declared Ali Kashif Jan, a member of Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed who was involved in the Pathankot Air Force station terror attack, as a designated terrorist under the Unlawful Activities Act. According to the Gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Jan is accused in various cases and is being investigated by the National Investigation Agency, …

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief meets Taliban leadership, seeks 'help' in Kashmir: Sources
3 years, 4 months ago

Jaish-e-Mohammed chief meets Taliban leadership, seeks 'help' in Kashmir: Sources

India Today  

Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar was in Kandahar in the third week of August after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan to seek their support in fomenting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said. Masood Azhar met Taliban leaders including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of political commission. Earlier, Masood Azhar had expressed happiness over the …

Backchannel talk between India, Pakistan was on before Balakot air strikes, says book
3 years, 4 months ago

Backchannel talk between India, Pakistan was on before Balakot air strikes, says book

The Hindu  

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and the Research and Analysis Wing exchanged messages with top Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence officials as part of a unique back channel connection between the two countries that involved two foreign journalists Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark in 2018-2019, including after the Pulwama attack, according to a new book by the journalists that quotes the NSA …

Jaish chief Masood Azhar's nephew killed in J&K's Awantipora encounter, was involved in Pulwama attack
3 years, 5 months ago

Jaish chief Masood Azhar's nephew killed in J&K's Awantipora encounter, was involved in Pulwama attack

India Today  

In a major success, security forces on Saturday gunned down Mohammed Ismail alias Lamboo, the nephew of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar, in an encounter in South Kashmir's Awantipora in Pulwama district. Mohammed Ismail Alvi alias Adnan alias Lambu was an IED Expert and was suspected to be behind the Pulwama attack which had claimed the lives of 40 CRPF …

Pakistan reactivates Balakot terror camps destroyed in IAF airstrikes
4 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan reactivates Balakot terror camps destroyed in IAF airstrikes

India Today  

Terror camps in Pakistan's Balakot, bombed by India in February 2019, have been reactivated, as per sources. Nearly one and a half year after surgical strikes in Balakot terror camps, Pakistan’s ISI is using top Jaish-e-Mohammad commanders to train terrorists in the area with an aim to launch attacks on Indian soil, as per an intelligence report. According to intelligence …

Afghan forces intercept Taliban fighters, find Jaish terrorists training for Kashmir
4 years, 8 months ago

Afghan forces intercept Taliban fighters, find Jaish terrorists training for Kashmir

Hindustan Times  

A chance discovery of global terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed cadres in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Monday night has confirmed the assessment of Indian intelligence agencies that Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence had resumed training a select groups of terrorists for Kashmir in war-torn Afghanistan, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times. Maulana Masood Azhar-founded terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed has been running three …

'Completely baseless': Pak rejects Indian Army's statement on reactivation of terror camp in Balakot
5 years, 3 months ago

'Completely baseless': Pak rejects Indian Army's statement on reactivation of terror camp in Balakot

India TV News  

A day after Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat said that terror camp in Balakot, that was destroyed by the Indian armed forces through a surgical strike earlier this year, was reactivated, The Pakistan on Tuesday called his remarks “completely baseless." Army Chief General Bipin Rawat in Chennai on Monday said Pakistan has reactivated the Balakot terror camp very recently and …

Pak terrorists waiting to infiltrate: Army chief
5 years, 3 months ago

Pak terrorists waiting to infiltrate: Army chief

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The Balakot terrorist camp, damaged and destroyed by the IAF in February this year, has been reactivated “very recently” and about 500 terrorists are waiting to infiltrate into India, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said. We are alert and will ensure that maximum infiltration bids are foiled,” he said lashing out at Pakistan for state Asked if there is …

Jaish chief Masood Azhar secretly released from Pakistan jail: Intelligence report
5 years, 4 months ago

Jaish chief Masood Azhar secretly released from Pakistan jail: Intelligence report

Hindustan Times  

The Intelligence Bureau has alerted the government about the deployment of additional Pakistani troopers along the border near Rajasthan and said Islamabad has released Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar to carry out terror attacks, according to two officials aware of the developments. Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar According to the input, Pakistan is planning “big action” in Sialkot-Jammu and Rajasthan sectors …

“We had the bull’s eye. All over in 90 seconds”, Balakot airstrike pilots confirm that they had hit the terror camps
5 years, 6 months ago

“We had the bull’s eye. All over in 90 seconds”, Balakot airstrike pilots confirm that they had hit the terror camps

Op India  

The “pre-emptive”, “non-military” airstrike carried out by the Indian Air Force on Jaish-e-Mohammed biggest terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in the wee hours of February 26, 2019, was precisely “over in 90 seconds”, and they hit the targets precisely, Hindustan Times quoted two pilots part of the operation as saying. Twelve Mirage 2000 fighters which had taken off in the …

As many as 170 JeM terrorists killed in Balakot airstrike: Italian journalist
5 years, 8 months ago

As many as 170 JeM terrorists killed in Balakot airstrike: Italian journalist

India Today  

Up to 170 Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed in the airstrike conducted by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan's Balakot, a foreign journalist has reported. According to a report by Italian journalist Francesca Marino, the airstrike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot led to the death of 130-170 JeM recruits. "Despite Pakistan's efforts to deceive the world on the Indian …

Masood Azhar: India wants Pakistan blacklisted after UN names militant leader a global terrorist
5 years, 8 months ago

Masood Azhar: India wants Pakistan blacklisted after UN names militant leader a global terrorist

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India has welcomed the UN …

Profile: What is Jaish-e-Muhammad?
5 years, 8 months ago

Profile: What is Jaish-e-Muhammad?

Al Jazeera  

Pakistan-based armed group headed by Masood Azhar has been implicated in a series of suicide attacks in Kashmir. Formed in 2000, Jaish-e-Muhammad is a Pakistan-based armed group that aims to undermine and overthrow Indian control over Indian-administered Kashmir through attacks on security and government targets. JeM outlawed in Pakistan Azhar was arrested by Pakistani authorities for his alleged involvement in …

263 terrorists were present in Balakot camp, Pakistan burned and dumped bodies, say reports
5 years, 9 months ago

263 terrorists were present in Balakot camp, Pakistan burned and dumped bodies, say reports

Op India  

In line with the proofs regarding the Balakot air strikes steadily trickling down, more incontrovertible evidence confirming the air strikes has surfaced today. #BalakotTape SUPER EXCLUSIVE Balakot Tape: Secret source confirms ‘Pakistan burnt bodies and dumped them in river; ISI & JeM in fear’ and names terrorists killed in IAF’s Balakot blitzhttps://t.co/NzXhVZv5cU — Republic March 11, 2019 The audio account …

Pakistan lied about JeM's Balakot camp; located at hilltop, centre offered housing and training for recruits
5 years, 9 months ago

Pakistan lied about JeM's Balakot camp; located at hilltop, centre offered housing and training for recruits

Firstpost  

Pakistan didn’t take foreign journalists to the JeM camp in Balakot; known as Markaz Syed Ahmad Shaheed, the centre, before the IAF strike, was spread over two kilometres and included multiple buildings used for residential and training purposes Pakistan recently took a group of journalists, from home and abroad, to the “site” targeted by the Indian Air Force on 26 …

At least four Jaish terrorists arrested between 2014-17 were trained in Balakot terror camp struck by India’s airstrikes: Report
5 years, 10 months ago

At least four Jaish terrorists arrested between 2014-17 were trained in Balakot terror camp struck by India’s airstrikes: Report

Op India  

India’s ‘non-military pre-emptive strikes’ against the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camps deep inside Pakistani territories may have killed a huge number of Islamic terrorists who had intended to inflict terror on the Indian Soil. Interestingly, an Indian Express report suggests that at least four terrorists caught in the last fours years were all trained at Balakot. According to the report, at least …

Intel agencies trying to ascertain reports on Masood Azhar’s death: Officials
5 years, 10 months ago

Intel agencies trying to ascertain reports on Masood Azhar’s death: Officials

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Intelligence agencies were trying to ascertain reports on the social media about the death of Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group chief Masood Azhar in Pakistan, officials said on Sunday. The 50-year-old Azhar, who was released by the NDA government in 1999 in exchange of hostages of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814, has been accused of being the mastermind of …

ISI colonel Salim Qari, Jaish trainer Maulana Moin reportedly killed in Balakot airstrike by Indian Air Force
5 years, 10 months ago

ISI colonel Salim Qari, Jaish trainer Maulana Moin reportedly killed in Balakot airstrike by Indian Air Force

India TV News  

In a major development, ISI colonel Salim Qari and Jaish trainer Maulana Moin​ have reportedly been killed in the Indian Air Force-led airstrike in Balakot. Earlier, Pakistan's railway minister Sheikh Rashid had admitted that '14 Indian fighter jets' had entered Pakistan's air space and caused destruction to madrasa's run by Azhar Sahab. India avenged the dastardly Pulwama terror attack, in …

Jaish camp hit by IAF strike a hub of terror training
5 years, 10 months ago

Jaish camp hit by IAF strike a hub of terror training

Hindustan Times  

The Jaish-e-Mohammed facility at Balakot in Pakistan, which was targeted by an Indian air strike on Tuesday, was the venue for a gathering last year during which top JeM leaders extolled the role of the local madrasa in producing jihadi fighters sent to Jammu and Kashmir. JeM chief Masood Azhar’s younger brother Abdul Rauf Asghar and his brother-in-law Yusuf Azhar …

Security agencies identify four infiltration routes from Balakot
5 years, 10 months ago

Security agencies identify four infiltration routes from Balakot

The Hindu  

February 27, 2019 11:30 pm | Updated February 28, 2019 01:38 pm IST - New Delhi Security agencies have identified four routes along the Line of Control in Kupwara that were being used by the Jaish-e-Mohammad cadres trained at the Balakot camp in Pakistan to infiltrate into India. A note prepared by the intelligence agencies on the camp that was …

IAF strike on JeM’s Balakot terror camp involved over 200 hours of planning: Sources
5 years, 10 months ago

IAF strike on JeM’s Balakot terror camp involved over 200 hours of planning: Sources

Hindustan Times  

The pre-dawn attack air strike by Indian Air Force on Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on early Tuesday involved over 200 hours of planning that began following intelligence inputs regarding a second suicide terror strike somewhere in India. The Indian Air Force carried out a pre-dawn air strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest terror camp in …

US defence dept flagged JeM training camp in Balakot 15 years ago, WikiLeaks documents reveal
5 years, 10 months ago

US defence dept flagged JeM training camp in Balakot 15 years ago, WikiLeaks documents reveal

Firstpost  

Fifteen years ago, the major terrorist training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot in Pakistan found a mention in a purported secret US Defence Department file leaked by WikiLeaks. Washington/Islamabad: Fifteen years ago, the major terrorist training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot in Pakistan found a mention in a purported secret US Defence Department file leaked by WikiLeaks. The …

How the Balakot camp became a sitting duck
5 years, 10 months ago

How the Balakot camp became a sitting duck

The Hindu  

Hundreds of Fidayeen and their trainers were shifted from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to a five-star, resort style camp in a hilltop forest in Balakot after the Pulwama attack, providing Indian forces with “a sitting duck target” when they carried out an air strike early Tuesday, killing up to 350 terrorists, sources said. Everyone at the camp was sleeping and Pakistani …

Balakot air strike: Pakistan villagers shaken awake as IAF aircraft dropped bombs near madrasa
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot air strike: Pakistan villagers shaken awake as IAF aircraft dropped bombs near madrasa

The Hindu  

Villagers near the town of Balakot in northeast Pakistan were shaken out of their sleep by what seemed like an earthquake in the early hours of Tuesday, only discovering once dawn broke that there had been an Indian airstrike on their neighbourhood. While Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said “a very large number of JEM terrorists” had been eliminated, the villagers …

US knew of JeM terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot 15 years ago
5 years, 10 months ago

US knew of JeM terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot 15 years ago

Live Mint  

Fifteen years ago, the major terrorist training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot in Pakistan found a mention in a purported secret US Defence Department file leaked by WikiLeaks. The 31 January, 2004 document, signed by Major General Geoffery Miller of the US Army says Rahman received training in Balakot, Pakistan, a location known to house a "training camp that …

Top news of the day: Indian Air Force destroys JeM camp in Balakot; Pakistan vows to respond; and more
5 years, 10 months ago

Top news of the day: Indian Air Force destroys JeM camp in Balakot; Pakistan vows to respond; and more

The Hindu  

12 Mirage-2000 jets hit Balakot in Pakistan, destroys JeM camp 'The training camp in Balakot was deep inside. Modi assures country in safe hands, says he will not let country down In his first public address after the air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the country is in safe hands and nothing …

Air strikes by India: Pakistan’s ‘all-weather friend’ China urges to observe ‘restraint’
5 years, 10 months ago

Air strikes by India: Pakistan’s ‘all-weather friend’ China urges to observe ‘restraint’

Op India  

In the wake of the air strikes conducted by the Indian Air Force deep inside Pakistan obliterating the Jaish-e-Muhammad camps in Balakot, Muzaffarabad and Chikhoti, India’s eastern neighbour China, considered as Pakistan’s all-weather ally has asked the arch-enemies Pakistan and India to exercise ‘restraint’ amidst the soaring tensions after the IAF avenged the deaths of 40 CRPF personnel martyred in …

IC-814 hijacker Ibrahim Azhar killed in IAF air strikes in PoK: 5 things to know about him
5 years, 10 months ago

IC-814 hijacker Ibrahim Azhar killed in IAF air strikes in PoK: 5 things to know about him

ABP News  

NEW DELHI: Days after a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber killed 40 CRPF troopers, India on early Tuesday struck the Pakistan-based terror outfit's biggest training camp at Balakot killing at least 350 terrorists and their trainers. India tagetted key Jaish terrorists, including Ibrahim Azhar and Mufti Azhar Khan Kashmiri, in air strikes. Who was Ibrahim Azhar, key JeM terrorist killed in IAF …

Balakot - largest breeding ground for JeM, its role in ‘fidayeen‘ attacks across India
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot - largest breeding ground for JeM, its role in ‘fidayeen‘ attacks across India

India TV News  

Balakot in Mansehra district of Pakistan, which was not just used as a training ground for over 10,000 recruits at a time, but also has several madrassas, masjids and control rooms, emerged as one of the Jaish-e-Mohammed’s largest military training centres in 2001. There have been a number of inputs about activities being planned and operatives trained at Balakot, especially …

How IAF fighter jets killed 350 terrorists in Pakistan’s 5-star Balakot camp
5 years, 10 months ago

How IAF fighter jets killed 350 terrorists in Pakistan’s 5-star Balakot camp

Live Mint  

Hundreds of Fidayeen and their trainers were shifted from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to a five-star, resort style camp in a hilltop forest in Balakot after the Pulwama attack, providing Indian forces with "a sitting duck target" when they carried out an air strike early Tuesday, killing up to 350 terrorists, sources said. They said at least 325 terrorists and 25 to …

IAF airstrike in Pakistan: Satellite images of spot where Mirage 2000 jets dropped 1,000 kg bombs
5 years, 10 months ago

IAF airstrike in Pakistan: Satellite images of spot where Mirage 2000 jets dropped 1,000 kg bombs

India Today  

The Indian Air Force on Tuesday carried out swift airstrikes to eliminate multiple terror camps and launch pads across the Line of Control in Pakistan, 12 days after terror the Pulwama terror attack. Sources confirmed to India Today TV that bombs worth 1,000 kgs were dropped in a 21-minute operation, resulting in the elimination of the biggest Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp …

India bombs Jaish camp in Pakistan’s Balakot
5 years, 10 months ago

India bombs Jaish camp in Pakistan’s Balakot

The Hindu  

Twelve days after the Pulwama attack, the Indian Air Force bombed the Jaish-e-Mohammad’s “biggest” terror-training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot early on Tuesday. In the face of imminent danger, a pre-emptive strike became absolutely necessary,” Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said, adding that “a very large number of JeM terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis, who were being trained for …

Indian Foreign Secretary's statement on IAF action against JeM
5 years, 10 months ago

Indian Foreign Secretary's statement on IAF action against JeM

The Quint  

New Delhi, Feb 26 Following is the statement by Foreign Secretary Vijay K. Gokhale on the IAF military strike on the JeM training camp at Balakot: On 14 February 2019, a suicide terror attack was conducted by a Pakistan-based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammad, leading to the martyrdom of 40 brave jawans of the CRPF. India has been repeatedly urging Pakistan to …

India avenges Pulwama terror attack: Full text of foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale 's statement on cross-LoC air strike by IAF
5 years, 10 months ago

India avenges Pulwama terror attack: Full text of foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale 's statement on cross-LoC air strike by IAF

India TV News  

Following is the text of the statement by India's Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on the strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed's training camp: "On 14 February 2019, a suicide terror attack was conducted by a Pak based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammad, leading to the martyrdom of 40 brave jawans of the CRPF. India has been repeatedly urging Pakistan to take action against the JeM …

IAF struck 'JeM's biggest training camp' at Balakot, says Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on India's operation in Pakistan
5 years, 10 months ago

IAF struck 'JeM's biggest training camp' at Balakot, says Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on India's operation in Pakistan

Firstpost  

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said the Indian Air Force had ‘struck the biggest training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot’ in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and ‘a very large number of JeM terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and jihadis were eliminated’. The Indian Air Force on Tuesday “struck the biggest training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot" in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and …

Live: 12 Mirage 2000 jets of the IAF said to have hit terrorist camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 'non-military pre-emptive action, says Foreign Secy at press briefing
5 years, 10 months ago

Live: 12 Mirage 2000 jets of the IAF said to have hit terrorist camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 'non-military pre-emptive action, says Foreign Secy at press briefing

The Hindu  

In the early hours of Tuesday, 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force, armed with Israeli Precision Guided Munitions, took off from the Gwalior airbase and hit the largest training camp of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot inside Pakistan. It said that the “baseless, reprehensible Indian claims of targeting a large terrorist camp and resultant causalities to …

Surgical airstrike: Kandahar Jaish hijacker Yusuf Azhar was present at Balakot camp, say sources
5 years, 10 months ago

Surgical airstrike: Kandahar Jaish hijacker Yusuf Azhar was present at Balakot camp, say sources

India Today  

New information emerging from sources indicate that Yusuf Azhar, the brother-in-law of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar was present at the Balakot JeM camp that was attacked by the Indian Air Force in a pre-dawn airstrike on February 26, 2019. The Indian Air Force on Tuesday conducted a major preemptive strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp, killing a "very large number" …

42 trained Jaish suicide bombers lived at Balakot terror camp that IAF destroyed
5 years, 10 months ago

42 trained Jaish suicide bombers lived at Balakot terror camp that IAF destroyed

India Today  

At least 42 trained suicide bombers lived in the Balakot terror camp which was destroyed by Indian Air Force in a swift operation carried out on Tuesday at 3:30 am across the Line of Control. Intel Sources: Picture of JeM facility destroyed by Indian Ar Force strikes in Balakot, Pakistan pic.twitter.com/th1JWbVrHw ANI February 26, 2019 Intel Sources: Ammunition dump blown …

Aide of JeM's Masood Azhar killed in J&K encounter, 4 soldiers dead
5 years, 10 months ago

Aide of JeM's Masood Azhar killed in J&K encounter, 4 soldiers dead

Deccan Chronicle  

Pulwama: Jaish-e-Mohammad commander and a key aide of Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar, Kamran was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama, reported NDTV. Four soldiers including an officer were killed in an overnight encounter with Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama. The slain personnel — identified as major VS Dhoundiyal, havaldar Sheo Ram, sepoy Ajay Kumar and …

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