Pakistan’s terror denials collapse: Jaish commander exposes Masood Azhar’s role in Delhi, Mumbai attacks
PTC Web Desk: A senior commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has directly named the group’s chief, Masood Azhar, in orchestrating terror attacks on Indian soil, tearing apart Pakistan’s long-standing denials of harbouring terrorists.
In a recently surfaced video, Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, one of JeM’s top operatives, openly admitted that Masood Azhar, released by India after five years in Tihar Jail, was responsible for plotting and executing attacks in Delhi and Mumbai from his base in Balakot, Pakistan.
“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],” Kashmiri declared in the video.
Kashmiri also invoked Osama bin Laden as a “martyr,” linking Azhar’s ideology to global jihadist movements. His admission directly backs India’s repeated claims that Jaish camps operated with impunity inside Pakistan, despite Islamabad’s insistence that “no terror sanctuaries” exist.
In another explosive disclosure, Kashmiri revealed that the May 7 Indian strike on Jaish’s Bahawalpur headquarters, Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah, caused massive damage, killing several of Azhar’s family members. The strike was part of Operation Sindoor, which destroyed multiple launchpads across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.
Kashmiri went further, alleging that Pakistan’s Army Chief Gen Asim Munir had ordered generals to attend funerals of JeM terrorists killed in Indian airstrikes. This aligns with viral social media videos from May showing senior military officers leading funerals of proscribed terrorists in Bahawalpur.
India has long accused Pakistan of giving state patronage to terrorism. Kashmiri’s testimony now provides damning evidence of the military-intelligence nexus that shields and honours extremist groups, even while Islamabad seeks global credibility in its fight against terror.
- With inputs from agencies
