Overview
- Security forces carried out Operation Korag in the Korag‑Yousmarg area and killed the militant during a joint Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF search late Tuesday night.
- Troops recovered the body in Palmaidan during follow-up searches and seized war‑like stores, including an AK‑47, magazines and LoRa/communication devices.
- Officials say Mohammad Asif, known as Hashim Moosa and other aliases, had been tracked for more than 18 months and was treated as a high‑value foreign LeT operative.
- The Union Home Ministry described the killing as a serious blow and said Moosa’s death completes the neutralisation of a four‑member senior LeT group that agencies have linked to multiple high‑profile attacks.
- Security forces are continuing searches in the area while investigators mine seized devices and forensics to map handlers, local support networks and remaining threats in Jammu and Kashmir.