India, May 7 -- Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar on Wednesday acknowledged that ten members of his family and four close aides were killed in Indian missile strikes targeting the terror outfit's headquarters in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. The airstrikes were part of Operation Sindoor, India's retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.

According to a statement attributed to Azhar, those killed at the Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah included his elder sister and her husband, a nephew and his wife, a niece, and five children from his extended family. Among the JeM cadres eliminated were a key associate, his mother, and two other trusted companions.

"This act of brutality has broken all boundaries. There...