The Indian Armed Forces on Wednesday launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir

The terror camps said to have been targeted by the Indian defence forces at nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK) are linked to various banned outfits, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizbul Mujahideen, according to probe agencies.The Indian Armed Forces on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

JeM

As per the agencies, JeM has its terrorist recruitment and training base in Bahawalpur (Pakistan), which was set up soon after its formation in March 2000 by Masood Azhar, months after he was released by India along with two others in exchange for the passengers and crew of IC-814 flight hijacked on December 24, 1999.

The outfit has masterminded a series of attacks in India, including Jammu and Kashmir Assembly car blast in October 2001; Parliament attack in coordination with LeT on December 13, 2001; Pathankot airbase attack in January 2016; and Pulwama suicide bombing on February 14, 2019, in which at least 40 CRPF personnel were killed, prompting the Indian forces to launch Balakot airstrikes 12 days later.

vThe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) 1267 Committee had listed JeM chief Masood Azhar in May 2019, while the outfit was sanctioned way back in 2001. On May 1, 2019, the US Department of State had welcomed the move and noted that he “has been responsible for numerous terrorist attacks and is a serious threat to regional stability and peace in South Asia”.