LeT terrorist confirms Indian strikes destroyed Muridke camp in Pakistan

Pakistan’s denials about terror factories on its soil have been punctured yet again — this time by a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander himself.

In a viral video circulating on social media, LeT’s Qaasim was seen standing near the ruins of the terror outfit’s Muridke headquarters, which was destroyed in Operation Sindoor. He admitted that scores of militants were trained there.

“I am standing at the ruins of Markaz Taiba in Muridke, which was destroyed in the Indian attack. The process of rebuilding it is underway... This mosque will be built bigger than before,” Qaasim declares in the footage, even boasting that the new facility would surpass the one India flattened.

Crucially, he acknowledges that “mujahideens and talaba (students)” received training at the camp and had achieved “faiz” (victory) — a direct contradiction of Islamabad’s claims that the Muridke complex was no longer in use for militant activity.

In a separate video, the LeT commander appeals to Pakistani youth to enlist for a Lashkar programme, combining religious indoctrination with weapons training. The course, run from Muridke, has long been flagged by Indian agencies as a conveyor belt for jihadi cadres.

The Muridke hub was among nine terror camps taken out in coordinated Indian strikes on May 7, following the massacre of 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. Under Operation Sindoor, the Army also hit Jaish-e-Mohammed bases in Bahawalpur, Hizbul Mujahideen facilities in Sialkot and additional LeT infrastructure in Muzaffarabad.

Intelligence inputs now suggest Lashkar plans to rebuild the Markaz in time for February 5, 2026 — observed as “Kashmir Solidarity Day” in Pakistan — and rebrand it as the nerve centre for training, indoctrination and planning of operations.

The Qaasim videos follow earlier viral footage of Jaish commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, who had admitted that Operation Sindoor inflicted massive losses on his outfit, with terrorist Masood Azhar's family being "torn apart" in pieces and even claimed that Pakistan army officers attended the funerals of slain fighters.