India, Nov. 30 -- Claims surrounding the whereabouts of Dr Muzaffar Ahmed Rather, an alleged operative linked to the Faridabad-Saharanpur terror module and the 10 November bombing near Delhi's Red Fort, have triggered a sharp divergence between Indian intelligence-linked reporting and responses from Afghanistan.

Media reports, citing intelligence agency sources, have claimed that Rather, originally from Qazigund, Kashmir travelled to Afghanistan via Dubai on 22 August on the instructions of Ammar Alvi, described by agencies as the chief commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed's fidayeen squad and brother of Masood Azhar. These reports assert that Rather underwent suicide-bomb training and is currently hiding in Helmand or Kunar, positioning him as...