Target Bahawalpur: Why India Chose the Heart of Terror?

India targeted the Bahawalpur terror camp as it was the base of several major attacks against India, including being the founding site of Jaish-e-Mohammad by Masood Azhar.

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Debapriya Sarkar
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By a Staff Reporter : The Indian Army has targeted a terrorist camp in Pakistan's Bahawalpur. According to central government sources, there are several strategic reasons behind targeting this area.

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Sources say that Bahawalpur is the place where the Jaish-e-Mohammed base was established. This is where Masood Azhar, the mastermind of the 1999 IC-814 hijacking, founded this terrorist organization. Many suicide bombers were trained and sent from this area to attack Jammu and Kashmir.

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According to Indian intelligence, Bahawalpur has been the main source of various major terrorist attacks for many years. Therefore, this terrorist camp has been strategically chosen for countermeasures this time. India has made it clear that it will not compromise in the fight against terrorism.