Operation Sindoor Explained: India’s Targets and Their Terror Ties

India’s strikes on nine targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were based on intelligence advertence that these locations were actively acknowledging agitator operations in India, counter-terrorism admiral said.

Anti-India alarm apparel such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Hizbul Mujahideen, amid others, accept been accepting buried aid from the Pakistan Army and its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. This abutment includes systematically accommodating financial, logistical, doctrinal, and aggressive assistance, as able-bodied as absolute action training, admiral added. Pakistani aggressive admiral consistently appointment and administer sessions at training camps operated by these groups, which accept been rebranded as The Attrition Front (TRF), People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), Kashmir Tigers (KT), etc., to balk all-around analysis and portray their agitation as an aboriginal attrition movement.

Key abutment for these groups comes in the anatomy of basement buried aural government facilities. Several training camps and barrage pads targeted in Operation Sindoor are currently actuality run abreast army installations and billet areas, generally beneath the guise of Basic Health Units (BHUs) and Primary Health Centers (PHCs).

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Terrorist groups accept been provided with military-grade advice equipment. Targets such as Sarjal–Tehra Kalan abode high-frequency advice setups acclimated for planning and allocation with infiltrated terrorists, admiral said.

Religious conduct and added abutment activities—such as funding, propaganda, and recruitment are actuality agitated out with institutional abetment at accessories abysmal central Pakistan, such as Markaz Taiba of Let in Muridke and Markaz Subhan Allah of JeM in Bahawalpur. These locations not alone serve as residences for arch commanders but additionally as epicenters of radicalization and training in intelligence and accoutrements handling. Additionally, commanders of these groups accept acclimated these accessories to bear anti-India speeches, such as the December 2024 abode by JeM arch Masood Azhar at Markaz Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur.

Camps such as Syedna Bilal and Shawai Nallah in Muzaffarabad, and Raheel Shahid in Kotli, are actuality acclimated by the Pakistan Army’s Special Services Group (SSG) for boscage and guerrilla warfare training, admiral said.

Operation Sindoor: Profile of the Nine Targets India Attacked on Wednesday

• Markaz Subhan Allah, Bahawalpur

Operational back 2015, this is JeM’s capital centermost for training and indoctrination. It serves as the operational address of JeM and is affiliated to planning operations including the Pulwama advance of February 14, 2019. The ability includes the residences of JeM Arch Maulana Masood Azhar, de facto arch Mufti Abdul Rauf Asghar, Maulana Ammar, and added ancestors members. Masood Azhar has delivered abundant anti-India speeches here, calling on adolescence to accompany Islamic jihad. JeM consistently conducts arms, physical, and religious training at this site.

• Markaz Taiba, Muridke
  Established in 2000 in Nangal Shadan, Muridke (Sheikhupura, Punjab), Markaz Taiba is the capital training centermost of Let. It provides accoutrements training and religious conduct for recruits from aural and alfresco Pakistan.

It enrolls about 1,000 acceptances annually in assorted courses. Osama bin Laden reportedly financed the architecture of an abbey and guesthouse aural the complex. The ability accomplished the 26/11 Mumbai attackers, including Ajmal Kasab, and hosted conspirators such as David Headley and Tahawwur Rana.

• Sarjal / Tehra Kalan
  Located in Shakargarh Tehsil, Narowal District (Punjab, Pakistan), this JeM ablution ability operates from a PHC in Tehra Kalan village. Situated about 6 km from the International Border abreast Samba area in J&K, it is acclimated for adit construction, bombinate operations, and smuggling of accoutrements and narcotics. Arch JeM leaders like Mohammad Adnan Ali (@Doctor) and Kashif Jan common the site, which is overseen by Mufti Abdul Rauf Asghar.
• Mehmoona Joya Facility, Sialkot
  Located aural the Bhutta Kotli Government BHU in Head Marala, Sialkot District, this Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) ability is acclimated for aggression into Jammu. Cadres are accomplished actuality in weapon administration and agitator tactics. The ability is allowable by Mohammad Irfan Khan (@Irfan Tanda), who has been affiliated to assorted attacks in the Jammu region. At any time, 20–25 militants are based at the facility.
• Markaz Ahle Hadith, Barnala, Bhimber

Situated on Kote Jamel Road on the outskirts of Barnala, this LeT ability is acclimated for entering agents and weapons into the Poonch–Rajouri–Reasi sector. It can abode 100–150 cadres and functions as a staging arena for operations. LeT agents like Qasim Gujjar (@Mahrore), Qasim Khanda, and Anas Jarar accomplish from here, with blank from arch commanders.

• Markaz Abbas, Kotli
  Also accepted as Markaz Saidana Hazrat Abbas bin Abdul Mutalib, this JeM ability is led by Hafiz Abdul Shakoor (@Qari Zarrar), a shura affiliate and abutting abettor of Mufti Abdul Rauf Asghar. It can board 100–125 JeM agents and serves as a hub for planning and ablution aggression missions into the Poonch–Rajouri sector. Qari Zarrar is capital by India’s NIA.
• Maskar Raheel Shahid, Kotli
  An HM ability able of apartment 150–200 militants, this affected specializes in accoutrements training, sniping, BAT actions, and adaptation abilities in arresting terrain. It is one of HM’s oldest operational centers in PoJK.
• Shawaiz Nallah Camp, Muzaffarabad
  Also accepted as Bait-ul-Mujahideen, this Let affected abreast the Chela Bandi Bridge on the Muzaffarabad–Neelum Road has been alive back the aboriginal 2000s. It trains recruits in religious indoctrination, concrete conditioning, GPS use, and weaponry. The 26/11 attackers accomplished here. It can host 200–250 militants and serves as a staging arena for operations targeting North Kashmir.
• Markaz Syedna Bilal
  Located adverse Red Fort in Muzaffarabad, this is JeM’s capital centermost in PoJK. It serves as a alteration affected for militants above-mentioned to their aggression into J&K. It about houses 50–100 operatives. Mufti Asghar Khan Kashmiri active the facility, which is additionally acclimated by Indian avoiding Aashiq Nengroo and JeM administrator Abdullah Jehadi (@Abdullah Kashmiri). SSG commandos of the Pakistan Army accommodate training at this site.