India, May 7 -- India's strikes on nine targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were based on intelligence indicating that these locations were actively supporting terrorist operations in India, counter-terrorism officials said.

Anti-India terror outfits such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Hizbul Mujahideen, among others, have been receiving covert aid from the Pakistan Army and its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. This support includes systematically coordinated financial, logistical, doctrinal, and military assistance, as well as direct combat training, officials added. Pakistani military officers regularly visit and supervise sessions at training camps operated by these groups, which have been...