Security agencies have identified the three terrorists behind the deadly Pahalgam attack as Asif Fauji, Suleman Shah, and Abu Talha, believed to be TRF operatives using code names Moosa, Yunus, and Asif. Sketches of the suspects, based on survivor accounts, have been released as a search operation intensifies. According to officials, the trio was previously active in Poonch and had a history of orchestrating terror strikes in the region.
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