Operation Sindoor: Strikes eliminate top LeT, JeM men among 70 terrorists

India’s targeted airstrikes on nine terror camps across Pakistan have dealt a severe blow to the operations of banned terrorist outfits Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), with intelligence agencies indicating that over 70 extremists were killed in the coordinated operation.

“More than 70 terrorists were neutralised and over 60 others injured in the strikes,” official sources said.

Among the casualties were several mid- to high-ranking LeT and JeM field commanders, including trainers and logistics officers who had long operated with impunity from Pakistan-administered territory.

Sources said the primary objective was to dismantle cross-border terrorism infrastructure, including command centres, recruitment hubs, ammunition depots and training camps. Post-operation intelligence assessments indicated that key communication nodes were also destroyed, severely disrupting the groups’ operational planning and coordination with sleeper cells in India.

Several of the targeted camps were known staging grounds for recent infiltration attempts along the Line of Control. A notable strike in Bahawalpur hit a key JeM ideological training centre linked to its leadership. Satellite imagery later confirmed the compound’s destruction. Similarly, heavily fortified facilities in Muzaffarabad and Bhimber were reduced to rubble, underscoring the precision and impact of the Indian Air Force’s payloads.

The Indian security establishment conducted real-time damage assessment during the strikes, confirming that the destruction was largely confined to the intended compounds.