Islamabad: Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar on Tuesday confirmed that the Indian Air Force carried out air strikes on the JeM terror camp at Balakot. Azhar who is considered to be the mastermind and chief plotter of major terror attacks on Indian soil tried to save Pakistani establishment's face by claiming that air strikes didn't cause any damage to his cadre or family members.

The air strikes carried out by the IAF Mirage 2000 jets destroyed a major JeM training camp in Balakot in an unprecedented daring pre-dawn operation on Tuesday. ANI reported that Maulana Ammar, Maulana Talha Saif, Mufti Azhar Khan Kashmiri and Ibrahim Azhar were among the 300 terrorists who were targetted by the IAF in the strike.

The report, however, did not confirm that all these senior JeM figures were killed in the strike or not. Talha Saif is Maulana Masood Azhar's brother and is said to be the head of the preparation wing. Ammar is believed to be responsible for several attacks in Kashmir and Afghanistan.

Ibrahim Azhar is the elder brother of Masood Azhar and was involved in IC-814 hijacking in 1999, while Mufti Azhar Khan Kashmiri is believed to be the head of Kashmir operations of the Pakistan-based terror group.