From to Munir to Muridke, how terrorists are exposing Pakistan bit by bit

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists are now debunking Pakistan’s claims after Operation Sindoor. A commander of the terror group, in a video that has gone viral, has made revelations about its headquarters in Pakistan that was hit by India in May.

This comes just days after a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) leader admitted that Masood Azhar’s family was killed in Indian airstrikes.

India had carried out Operation Sindoor in May in which it hit nearly a dozen terror locations across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. This included terror camps of the LeT, JeM and Hizbul Mujahideen. India was responding to the Pahalgam terror attack in April in which 26 people were killed.

But what happened? What do we know?

Let us take a closer look.

Camp was used to train terrorists

Qaasim, the LeT commander, in the viral video has said that the terror group’s headquarters was hit by India in May. Qaasim said the terror camp in Muridke – which is in Sheikhupura in Pakistan’s Punjab province – is being reconstructed ‘bigger than before’.

Muridke, home to around 250 thousand people, is around 30 kilometres from Lahore. The compound itself, known as the Government Health and Educational Complex, was founded in 1988 by LeT chief Hafiz Saeed.

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“I am standing on the ruins of Markaz Taiba in Muridke, which was destroyed in the (Indian) attack. The process of rebuilding it is underway. With God’s grace, this mosque will be built bigger than before,” Qaasim said.

Qaasim, in the video, admitted that many terrorists had been trained at the Muridke camp and had “achieved victory”. This gains significance because Pakistan, in the aftermath of the destruction of the Muridke camp, had claimed it was no longer being used to train terrorists. Qaasim’s remarks thus stand in contrast to the claims from the Pakistani establishment.

The LeT commander also sought to recruit young Pakistanis in the video, urging them to join Daura-e-Suffa at Muridke’s Markaz Taiba. T his is a terror training programme that combines basic training with religious indoctrination.

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Pak establishment paying for reconstruction

Meanwhile, LeT deputy chief, Saifullah Kasuri, in another video has a dmitted that the Pakistani government and armed forces are paying for the reconstruction of the Muridke terror camp.

India has been pushing the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to return Pakistan to the “grey list” for failing to curb terror financing. Pakistan was earlier on the grey list three times – in 2008–2009, from 2012–2015, and between 2018–2022.

Kasuri is the alleged mastermind of the Pahalgam terror attack. This comes after reports that the terror group is slowly reconstructing its headquarters in Pakistan. The group is planning to finish reconstruction and inaugurate its rebuilt headquarters on 5 February 2026, which it has designated as ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’.

The LeT also holds its annual convention on that day. New Delhi has intelligence inputs which indicate that the headquarters will once again be used to train terrorists and plan attacks against India.

Kasuri also alluded to the fact that the LeT has received new resources to resume its operations – hinting at financial backing from the Pakistani establishment.

Kasuri, in the video, also vowed revenge on India for Operation Sindoor. He also threatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Kashmir. Kasuri said the resolve of his group “remains strong" and, soon, “the rivers and dams of Jammu and Kashmir will belong to us". Kasuri said that they were “ready to sacrifice their lives” to capture Indian dams, rivers, and territory in Jammu and Kashmir. “It’s a tough time but we will avenge the blood of our brothers," Kasuri added.

Firstpost has not independently verified the authenticity of these videos.

‘Sent army generals to funerals’

These videos come days after a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander admitted that the family of Masood Azhar – the founder and chief of the terror group – was “torn into pieces” by Indian strikes on Bahawalpur.

JeM commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri said, “Embracing terrorism, we fought Delhi, Kabul and Kandahar for protecting the borders of this country. After sacrificing everything, on 7 May, Maulana Masood Azhar’s family was torn apart by Indian forces in Bahawalpur.”

Bahawalpur, the 12th largest city in Pakistan, is around 400 kilometres from Lahore. The JeM is headquartered at the Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah, also known as the Usman-o-Ali campus.

Kashmiri also boasted that terror groups in Pakistan were backed by the army and its chief Asim Munir, saying the “army sent generals to funerals” of those killed in Indian strikes. Top Pakistani politicians and generals were witnessed attending the funerals of terrorists in the aftermath of the strikes, a fact which India has repeatedly pointed out.

Azhar, 56, is accused of involvement in several attacks on India including the 2001 Parliament attack, the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the 2016 Pathankot airbase attacks, and the 2019 Pulwama attack. In 2016, he had orchestrated an attack on the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif. Azhar is also designated as an international terrorist by the UN Security Council.

Nearly a dozen members of Azhar’s family were killed in the attack, as well as four of his aides at the Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur. This included Azhar’s elder sister, her husband, a nephew, his wife, a niece, and five children from the extended family, according to a statement released by the terror group chief. Azhar said he has no regrets or despair over the deaths. Rather, the statement said, he wished to have died alongside his family.

With inputs from agencies