Retaliating against the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces on early Wednesday (May 7, 2025) carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s base in Muridke.
‘Operation Sindoor’ updates: May 7, 2025
As per a press briefing carried out by the Centre, following the ‘Operation Sindoor’, these were the targets that were struck by the Indian Armed Forces:
Targets in Pakistan-occupied J&K
- Sawai Nala camp in Muzaffarabad- This was a training centre for Lashkar-e-Taiba. Terrorists involved in October 20, 2024 attack in Sonmarg, October 24, 2024 attack in Gulmarg, April 22, 2025 attack in Pahalgam were all trained here.
- Syedna Bilal Camp in Muzaffarabad- This was a staging area of Jaish-e-Mohammed. This was also a weapons, explosives and jungle survival training centre
- Gulpur camp in Kotli – This was a base camp of LeT, that was active in Rajouri and Poonch areas of Jammu. Attacks in Poonch on April 20, 2023, and June 9, 2024, were carried out by terrorists trained here.
- Barnala camp in Bhimber- This was also a weapons handling, explosives and jungle survival training centre
- Abbas camp in Kotli- Fidayeen of the LeT were prepared here. It had a capacity to train 15 terrorists.
Targets within Pakistan
- Sarjal camp in Sialkot- Terrorists who killed four J&K police personnel in March 2025, received their training at this camp.
- Mehmoona Joya camp in Sialkot- Pathankot air force base camp attack was planned and carried out from this terrorist camp.
- Markaz Taiba camp in Muridke – Terrorists who participated in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks were trained here. Ajmal Kasab and David Headley received training here.
- Markaz Subhanallah in Bahawalpur- This is the HQ of Jaish-e-Muhammad. Recruitment, training, and indoctrination were carried out here.
Published – May 07, 2025 11:31 am IST
