Overview
- A Eurasia Review piece by former army officer Nilesh Kunwar urges India to more forcefully expose Pakistan’s links to terror groups and to pair military responses with non-kinetic measures that impose prohibitive costs on Islamabad.
- The critique labels the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team a paper tiger, noting its 37th report cited Jaish-e-Mohammad in several attacks yet attributed those findings to a member state rather than endorsing them outright.
- The analysis cites India’s May 7, 2025 Operation Sindoor strike in Bahawalpur, which it says destroyed a JeM headquarters, pointing to protests by JeM leaders and the chief’s reported admission of family losses as evidence the group remains active.
- It highlights a ‘white-collar’ JeM module uncovered at Al Falah University near Delhi and links a member to the November 10, 2025 suicide car bomb near the Red Fort as further proof of continuing operations.
- Pakistan’s portrayal of JeM as defunct is challenged by former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s acknowledgment that Masood Azhar is in Pakistan and unwell, undercutting DG ISPR denials and adding diplomatic weight to the UN-linked references.