JeM founder Masood Azhar’s nephew was killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. (File Photo) JeM founder Masood Azhar’s nephew was killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. (File Photo)Talha Rashid, the nephew of Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar Alvi, has been killed in a Jammu and Kashmir Police-led operation, a spokesperson for the terrorist group announced early on Tuesday. A United States Army-issue weapon, appearing to be a Colt-manufactured M4 carbine, was recovered from the hideout, police sources said. Interestingly, there have been few confrontations between security forces and stone-throwing mobs at the sites of encounters in recent weeks—a sign, the intelligence officer argued, that the influence of jihadists in the countryside was waning.

Source: Indian Express November 07, 2017 04:51 UTC