Islamabad, Apr 30: Unknown gunmen have killed one more anti-India terrorist commander in Pakistan, close on the heels of eliminating top commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in that country.
Maulana Salman Azhar, a commander of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorist outfit and a close aide of its chief Masood Azhar, has been shot dead by persons in Bahawalpur in Punjab province of Pakistan.
He was shot while travelling in a car.
JeM has the headquarters in Bahawalpur and Salman Azhar used to operate from there, planning and overseeing execution of terrorist attacks in India, according to sources.
He is the second top commander of Pakistan-based anti-India terrorist groups to be eliminated in that country in less than a week.
Three days back, Sheikh Yusuf Afridi, a senior commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist outfit, was gunned down by unknown gunmen in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.
Afridi, a close associate of LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, was shot at from close range by some gunmen who fled fro the scene immediately.
These attacks come after a series of such incidents in various parts of Pakistan over the last few years in which a number of anti-India terrorists have been eliminated.
Both JeM and LeT are terrorist organisations propped up and fully supported by the Pakistani establishment through its Army and intelligence agency ISI.
Afridi was linked to various attacks in India. He was a key figure in LeT’s regional structure and was involved in recruitment and coordination of the outfit’s activities in the region.
JeM and LeT are on the banned list of the United Nations for its numerous terrorist attacks in India, including the ghastly multiple attacks in Mumbai in November 2008 in which 166 people, including foreigners, were killed over a period of 60 hours. (NVI)
