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    Posted on May 11th, 2025 in Exam Details (QP Included)

    • Pakistani military officials, including Abdur Rauf, led prayers for the victims of Indian attacks on May 7.

    • Five high-profile terrorists were killed during ‘Operation Sindoor’, which targeted nine terror camps of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), LeT, and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Pakistan.

    • The group has been responsible for attacks across India for over three decades, including the 2001 Parliament attack, the 2008 Mumbai attack, and the recent Pahalgam massacre.

    Hizb-ul-Mujahideen

    • Founded in 1989, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen aims to integrate Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan.

    • The group has a cadre strength of over 1,500 and operates in five divisions, targeting Srinagar, Kupwara, Bandipora, Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Doda, Rajouri, Poonch, and Udhampur.

    • The group has been responsible for numerous attacks on elected leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, grenade attacks on J&K police stations, bomb attacks on military personnel, and the Delhi High Court blast of 2011.

    Lashkar-e-Taiba

    • Founded in Afghanistan’s Kunwar province in 1990, Lashkar-e-Taiba challenges India’s sovereignty over Kashmir and believes in uniting all Muslim majority regions in Asia and imposing Islamic rule in India.

    • The group has recruited cadres from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, Bahrain, Turkiye and Libya, and has an active presence in Jammu and Kashmir, Chechnya, and other parts of Central Asia.

    • Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the chief, was imprisoned in Pakistan’s Central Lahore Jail for ‘terror financing’.

    Jaish-e-Mohammad

    • The hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC 814 in Kandahar by Harakat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) in 1999 facilitated the release of Maulana Masood Azhar, who launched Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) at a stadium in Bahawalpur in March 2000.

    • JeM’s objectives include withdrawal of Indian security forces from J&K and the “liberation” of Kashmir.

    • The group has been responsible for terror attacks in India such as the 2001 Parliament attack, 2016 Pathankot airbase attack, and the 2019 Pulwama attack.

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