Operation Sindoor, launched weeks after last year’s deadly Pahalgam terror attack, marked a major shift in India’s national security strategy through the extensive deployment of drones, network-centric warfare capabilities and the integration of artificial intelligence in target identification and acquisition.
Described as the Indian military’s most extensive multi-domain combat operation in nearly 50 years, the mission was aimed at punishing Pakistan for its continued support to cross-border terrorism and significantly reshaped India’s broader security and strategic doctrine.
India’s response was widely viewed as a strong display of political resolve against Pakistan-backed terrorism, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that India would not tolerate any form of nuclear blackmail from Islamabad.
Striking the heart of terror: Jaish terrorists killed in Operation Sindoor
Operation Sindoor dealt a massive blow to Jaish-e-Mohammed, eliminating several high-value terrorists, including the IC 814 hijacker. Most of those killed were close relatives and trusted aides of JeM chief and one of India's most wanted Masood Azhar.
Yusuf Azhar, alias Ustaad Gohri, a key Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist, IC 814 hijacker and brother-in-law of Masood Azhar, was among those eliminated in the strikes. He was known as the chief of the Balakot Jaish terror camp and was involved in the Uri, Pulwama and Pathankot terror attacks. Yusuf Azhar was killed in the Operation Sindoor missile strikes in Bahawalpur.
His wife, Sadiya Azhar, currently heads JeM’s women’s wing, Jammat ul Momminat.
Hafiz Muhammad Jameel, a senior Jaish leader and the eldest brother-in-law of Masood Azhar, was among those eliminated in Operation Sindoor along with his son, Hamza Jameel.
He was responsible for overseeing the Markaz Subhan Allah terror headquarters in Bahawalpur, an 18-acre facility used for recruitment, indoctrination and training of terrorists. Both Hafiz Muhammad Jameel and Hamza Jameel were killed in the precision missile strike carried out on the Jaish e Mohammed headquarters under Operation Sindoor.
Among the other terrorists eliminated was Huzaifa Asghar Alvi, a highly trained senior commander and the adopted son of Abdul Rauf Asghar, the operational chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed. Senior JeM terrorist Muhammad Abdul Aziz was also killed in the strikes.
Hassan and Waqas, two relatives of Masood Azhar, were among those killed in the Operation Sindoor strike on the Syedna Bilal camp in Muzaffarabad.
Hassan, the son of Muhammad Asghar Khan Kashmiri, who headed JeM’s Kashmir division, had attended key Shura meetings in Rawalpindi and Islamabad alongside Masood Azhar and other senior Jaish commanders.
Waqas was known as a trained sniper specialist. Both were reportedly involved in plans to infiltrate Jammu and Kashmir to carry out terror activities.
The two terrorists were eliminated in the precision missile strikes carried out under Operation Sindoor. Their deaths were first exposed by us last year following the operation.