Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Last LeT Commander From Four-Member Group Killed in Kashmir
Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir were searching for a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander named Hashim Musa.
They found him in a forest area of Budgam and a gunfight began.
Musa was killed during the operation.
He was the last of four commanders shown together in a 2022 photograph.
Officials said the group was linked to several deadly attacks.
The other three commanders had already been killed in separate encounters.
The operation was based on information from technical and human intelligence.
Security forces later recovered Musa’s body and weapons-related supplies.
Hashim Musa, also known as Mohammad Asif and Asif Fauji, was killed in a Budgam encounter.
Musa was the last of four Lashkar-e-Taiba commanders shown in a widely circulated 2022 photograph.
The Ministry of Home Affairs linked the group to several major attacks in Jammu and Kashmir since 2022.
The encounter began Tuesday evening in the Korag area of Yousmarg, under Khansahib police station.
Security forces recovered Musa’s body and war-like stores during a search operation early Wednesday.
- Who
- Security forces and Hashim Musa, also known as Mohammad Asif and Asif Fauji, a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander.
- What
- Musa was killed during an encounter, completing the elimination of the four commanders shown in the 2022 photograph.
- When
- The encounter began Tuesday evening, and Musa’s body was recovered early Wednesday.
- Where
- The operation took place in the Korag forest area of Yousmarg, under Khansahib police station in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Why
- Security forces were pursuing Musa after receiving technical and human intelligence about his movement and presence; officials also linked the group to several attacks.
- Militant killed
- Hashim Musa, also identified as Mohammad Asif and Asif Fauji
- Affiliation
- Lashkar-e-Taiba
- Location
- Korag forest area, Yousmarg, Budgam
- Operation timing
- Encounter began Tuesday evening; body recovered early Wednesday
- Group status
- All four commanders shown in the 2022 photograph have been killed
- Authorities’ assessment
- The Ministry of Home Affairs called Musa’s death a serious blow to the Lashkar-e-Taiba ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir
- Recovered material
- War-like stores were recovered with Musa’s body