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Top commander of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hafiz Abdul Rauf, admitted that India’s Operation Sindoor razed the group’s terror nerve centre in Muridke, its headquarters at Markaz-e-Taiba on the night of May 6-7, 2025.
Rauf, a US-designated global terrorist, told a gathering that the strike was “a huge attack” and conceded that the complex had been reduced to rubble.
“What happened on May 6-7 signifies that the place is no longer a mosque. Today, we cannot even sit there; it has collapsed and is finished,” he stated, providing the most direct confirmation yet from within LeT that India’s operation successfully hit its intended target.
Rauf has been the operational commander of Lashkar involved in the training of terrorists and launching them from Pakistan Army-sponsored launchpads in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
In a surprising public admission that contradicts years of denials and diplomatic ambiguity, Rauf’s statements are significant because he is a top commander. In the past, he led funeral prayers for terrorists who were killed in airstrikes, and images of those events had gone viral. Now, months later, his remarks have erased any remaining doubts about what existed in Muridke and what was lost there.
Operation Sindoor was launched in the aftermath of the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 civilians were killed in Jammu and Kashmir by LeT under the garb of the terror group, The Resistance Front (TRF).
Investigators established that the attackers used Chinese-made weapons and equipment, pointing to a widening and more sophisticated supply chain feeding Pakistan-based terror groups.
Rauf has publicly admitted that Pakistan and LeT indeed used Chinese weapons and equipment during the confrontation that followed.
But his remarks went far beyond mere acknowledgement of damage.
In an extraordinary, almost boastful disclosure, Rauf claimed that Pakistan has given “open freedom for jihad” and that recruitment and training of terrorists is easier there than anywhere else in the world.
“The state has decided, that’s why we are able to do this,” he said, effectively confirming what New Delhi has long alleged, that terror groups operate not just with tolerance, but with institutional backing.
Rauf also praised China, asserting that Beijing helped Pakistan during what he called “Bunyan-e-Marsous” in the period of heightened India-Pakistan tensions after Pahalgam. According to him, Chinese support provided Pakistan with near-real-time intelligence on India.
In a revealing aside, he said that “those whose aircraft used to sell have turned to scrap” and claimed there is now global demand for Chinese fighter jets and equipment – a statement that underscores the strategic messaging embedded in his speech.
Team BharatShakti
