Masood Azhar's Brother Confirms JeM's Balakot Camp Was Hit By Indian Air Force, Does Pakistan Need Any Other Proof?

Ever since India announced to the world that in a preemptive intelligence based operation, the Indian Air Force aircraft crossed the border and struck Pakistani terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)'s facilities across the Line of Control (LoC) Islamabad has been living in denial

Initially the ISPR claimed that attempts of the Indian Air Force was twitted on time. That soon changed to Indian Air Force dropped the payload on open areas and released photos of what it said was the craters left behind by the Indian bombs.

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Pakistan was so adamant on claiming that the air strike only hit some trees, they are even planning to lodge a complaint of ¡°eco-terrorism¡± against India in the UN for killing dozens of trees, including mature ones and newly regenerated ones.

But, now the JeM top brass themselves have blown the lid of the air strikes. In an audio message, Maulana Ammar, the brother of JeM founder Masood Azhar admits that the Balakot camp run by Azhar's brother-in-law was in fact targeted.

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The audio message was first posted by Taha Siddiqui, a Pakistani journalist who now lives in exile France.

In the clip, Ammar who appears to be addressing JeM caders is heard saying ¡°Indian aircrafts did not bomb the headquarters of any agency. Which place did the Indian agencies target? They attacked schools where students were being trained in jihad to help Kashmiris.¡±

#Exclusive: In a sermon in #Pakistan, #JaisheMohammad leader accepts Indian planes were targeting their center in #Balakot. He criticizes @ImranKhanPTI for releasing #IndianAirForce pilot #Abhinandhan. He also calls Pakistanis for joining #jihad in Indian-administered #Kashmir pic.twitter.com/j4pQ4WG96T

¡ª Taha Siddiqui (@TahaSSiddiqui) March 2, 2019

In the audio clip Ammar, he is also heard criticising Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan, for his decision to free captured Indian Air Force Pilot Abhinandan Vardhaman.

According to Siddiqui, the audio clipping was from 28th February when the JeM leadership held an event in Peshawar.

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Ammar's admission and call for retaliation is proof that the Indian Air Force operation had hit the intended target.

India, right from the moment of announcing the air strike has held that the intended targets were hit and there was significant casualties, though the Air Force has clarified that it was premature to say how many terrorists were killed.