The then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government released Azhar, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar and Omar Sheikh in exchange for 154 passengers held hostage in Kandahar. However, Latif and several other names on the terrorists’ demand list were not released at that time.
Jaish-e-Mohammed is actively rebuilding its key Bahawalpur headquarters, Markaz Subhan Allah, 15 months after precision strikes during India’s Operation Sindoor extensively damaged the facility.
The agency said that he had been sharing inflammatory and jihadist speeches of JeM chief Masood Azhar and attempting to influence people towards violent jihad.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Bilal Abid Shera, Mohammed Aiyub Kadiwal alias Mohammed Khadiyasan, Mohammed Shafi Mukhi alias Shafi Chapi, Mohammed Hasan Karadiya alias Hasan Haidarpuri, and Mohammed Aiyub Sunasara alias Mohammed Khali.
In a significant counter-terrorism operation, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a 21-year-old engineering student, Ayan Shaikh, for his alleged connections to the...
Security forces neutralised three terrorists in an anti-terror operation in the remote forested region of Chatroo in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday,...