New Masood Azhar audio claims JeM has ‘thousands’ of suicide bombers
The clip emerged along with a separate video featuring Saifullah Kasuri, deputy commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba, telling viewers that the Pakistan Army had invited him to lead funeral prayers for its soldiers following India’s Operation Sindoor in May last year.
Both the recordings were published on Telegram and X by pro-ISI social media accounts.
Officials and analysts interpret the timing of the broadcasts as a coordinated attempt to restore the influence and morale of extremist networks that suffered serious damage during India’s military operation.
While Kasuri’s message was delivered from inside a school where children could be seen among the crowd, Azhar’s recording appears to capture him speaking at a public meeting. TOI resources.
Security agencies are investigating the audio
In his newly revealed message, Azhar claims that if the magnitude of manpower is fully disclosed, it will cause global upheaval.
He portrays his followers as driven solely by a desire for “martyrdom” and emphasizes that they seek neither wealth nor personal comfort, but only what he describes as spiritual reward.
The person defined as a terrorist by the UN said, “They only want one thing from God: martyrdom.” But security experts describe the statement as largely symbolic: an effort to transfer power after Operation Sindoor paralyzed JeM’s core leadership and infrastructure in Bahawalpur and eliminated at least ten of Azhar’s relatives and senior aides.
“This noise appears to be a calculated effort to save face after the group’s leadership was ‘shattered’, as recently admitted by other JeM commanders,” a source told the news outlet.
Azhar had not appeared in public since the explosion at his Bahawalpur hideout in 2019, triggering years of speculation about his condition and location.
Although the audio recordings provide no visual evidence that he is alive, authorities believe he continues to direct activities from deep inside a protected area in Pakistan.
Indian security agencies are now subjecting the clip to detailed technical analysis, tracing its source by examining voice samples and digital signatures, and reassessing the threat posed by JeM’s remaining networks and dormant operators.
