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A senior Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist directly implicates Masood Azhar in planning attacks in Delhi and Mumbai. This revelation challenges Pakistan's repeated denials of harbouring terror groups on its soil.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Sep 17, 2025 13:30 IST
A senior Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist has directly implicated his boss Masood Azhar in planning and executing attacks in Delhi and Mumbai, shredding Pakistan’s repeated denials of sheltering terror groups on its soil.
Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, a top commander of the UN-designated terror group, admitted in a video that Azhar, one of India’s most wanted terrorists, orchestrated terror attacks from Pakistan after being released by India after five years of imprisonment. Kashmiri said Azhar’s base was in Bakalot, which was targeted in airstrikes by India in 2019.
"After escaping the prison of Tihar Jail in Delhi, Amir-ul-Mujahideen Maulana Masood Azhar comes to Pakistan. The soil of Balakot provides him a base to carry forward his vision, mission, and programme Delhi and Bombay [Mumbai]—this is how Maulana Masood Azhar, the Amir-ul-Mujahideen who terrorised the country, appears," Kashmiri is heard saying.
Kashmiri’s remarks leave Islamabad with little room to deny the presence of terror sanctuaries.
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Published By:
Devika Bhattacharya
Published On:
Sep 17, 2025
