India, Oct. 1 -- A Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, Mohammad Asif alias Hashim Moosa, was killed late Tuesday night central Kashmir's Budgam district, ending a months-long hunt that intensified after the April 2025 Pahalgam attack. He was a former Special Service Group (SSG) commando and also served as a member of the security detail of former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, officials said.

Officials said Moosa was the last surviving member of a four-man LeT group whose photograph circulated widely after the Pahalgam massacre, in which 26 people were killed. Apart from Moosa, the other three were identified as Junaid Ahmed Bhat, Abu Talha, and Suleman Shah (alias Faisal Jatt) - an 'A' category commander of LeT.

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