The latest spark of conflict between India and Pakistan has been the most vast battle between the two countries in decades, last month a terrorist attack on Kashmir civilians.
The Indian government was projected gently on the side of the contested Kashmir region. A group of extremists managed to make a hole in the image. They came out of the forest at a scenic picnic spot and killed 26 men. According to the witness's account, almost all of their Hindus were chosen for their religion, many of them were killed in front of their wives and families.
A little-known group called the Resistance Front has argued for responsibility. The Indian government said the group was a front line for the wider terrorist devices that were operating in Pakistan. Pakistan rejected these claims.
That's what we know about the group that India said was targeted on a military strike.
What are the two main groups that India targeted?
Founded in the 1980s, Lashkar-e-Taiba has long been suspected of planning some of India's worst terrorist attacks from Pakistan. It was added to the UN sanctions list in 2005.
One of the most lethal attacks in the organized group was the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, during which more than 160 people were killed. Almost 12 gunmen arrived on the boat and held hostages at major hotels for several days. One of the attackers was captured alive, and many accounts of the attack's relationship with Pakistan came from his confession. He was sentenced in India in 2010 and executed in 2012.
Pakistan has confirmed the links of Lashkar Aetaiba to India's past violence, but it says the group was disbanded for illegally long ago. Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the group, is free despite the short period of detention, and Indian officials say the group continues to operate through derivatives such as cover organizations and the front of resistance.
Jaish-e-Mohammed, the second group that Indian officials said they were targeted in their attacks, had long had big hands on Kashmir militants. However, its activities are not limited to the region.
The group's founder, Masood Azhar, was imprisoned in India in the 1990s for extremist activities in Kashmir, but was released in 1999 as part of a hostage contract.
Jaish-e-Mohammed has been accused of multiple deadly attacks in Kashmir. This led to the bombing of Indian convoys in 2019, causing the two countries to enter a brief conflict. It was also behind a fatal attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001.
What was the target of India's recent strike?
Indian troops said they attacked nine Pakistan locations early Wednesday morning, including facilities related to two terrorist costumes.
Both sides had very different claims about how many people were killed and the extent of damage to the group's infrastructure. These claims could not be independently tested.
Indian officials, a briefing for lawmakers, said they killed “100 terrorists” on their strike. The Pakistani military has brought the death to 31.
On the ground, it was clear that many of the strikes had hit facilities associated with two terrorist groups, but it was not clear whether the facilities were up to date or older.
In Bahawalpur, Punjab, the most populous state of Pakistan, 13 people, including 10 members of Azhar's family, have died in a strike against compounds related to Azhar. It was the most deadly thing of the strike.
Another strike in Malidke, a town about 25 miles from Pakistan's Lahore city, struck a complex of buildings that previously served as the headquarters of Lashkar Etaiba, killing three people. However, Pakistani officials said they took over the building in 2019 after banning another Lashkar front outfit.
The other four sites targeted were previously said to be small seminaries and mosques linked to extremist groups and parts of Kashmir managed by Punjab and Pakistan.
