New Delhi, May 10 -- The names of five terrorists, who were believed to have held key positions in the Pakistan-based terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, eliminated in the early phase of Operation Sindoor, have emerged.

These terrorists were killed when Indian forces carried out pre-dawn strikes on terror camps located deep within Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) on May 7, media reports said.

The slain terrorists have been identified as Mudassar Khadian Khas, Hafiz Muhammed Jameel, Mohammad Yusuf Azhar, Khalid alias Abu Akasha, and Mohammad Hassan Khan, the sources said.

Images of senior Pakistani officers in uniform attending the funerals of these terrorists have since gone viral, revealing the long-standi...