Jaish-e-Mohammed's Expanding Female Network: Pulwama Mastermind's Wife Joins Terror Outfit Before Delhi Blast

Nov 12, 2025 07:45 pm CST

Weeks before the Delhi blast, Afira Bibi, wife of 2019 Pulwama attack mastermind Umar Farooq, joined Jaish-e-Mohammed's women's wing "Jamaat-ul-Mominat." Working alongside Masood Azhar's sister Sadia, she helps oversee recruitment and radicalization efforts targeting Muslim women. Intelligence sources reveal this new strategy aims to strengthen Jaish's network through female operatives, potentially preparing them for suicide attacks. The women's brigade has been linked to the recent Red Fort explosion through recruit Dr. Shaheen Saeed, who was arrested hours before the blast that killed nine people.