Markaz Taiba in Muridke is the most important training center in Lashkar-e-Taiba. The complex has weapons and sports training facilities, as well as Dawa'H and radicalization from terrorist entities inside Pakistan and abroad.
Markaz takes about 1,000 students to attend different courses each year. All perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, including Ajmal Kasab, were awarded “Daura-e-Ribbat” (intelligence training) in this facility. David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the main conspirators of the Mumbai attack on 26/11, visited Muridke with the instructions of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.
Visual effects obtained by Reuters show that the terrorist infrastructure was completely damaged after the strike by Indian troops.
Usman Jaleesm, an additional deputy commissioner in the Sheikh Brura area, said four buildings had been demolished after the strike in India, according to Reuters.
“Around midnight, India fired the first two missiles there, and the other two attacks took place after a brief gap, and the entire four attacks took place in less than ten minutes. Four buildings have been demolished, one in the administrator's neighborhood and two mosques, and two residences.”
Satellite images of Maxar Technologies obtained by Reuters show damage caused on the Jamia Mosque in Bahawalpur and the Muridke Cities in Pakistan. Satellite images show the appearance of the area before and after the strike.
India conducted a precise strike on Pakistan's terrorist infrastructure and Pojk in early Wednesday morning to respond to the Pahalgam terrorist attack. Operation Sindoor, launched by Indian forces, aimed at nine locations and successfully attacked nine locations.
A Muridek resident described the situation at the strike site on Wednesday, according to a report submitted by Reuters. “It was 12:45 at night and we were sleeping. First there was a drone, then three. The drone attack destroyed the roofs of the administrative office and the mosque. A police officer sat on the roof and he was killed.”
Another local resident said: “Fear spreads among the people, people enter the fields, enter the open places, and that’s how night is spent in fear.”
Meanwhile, the Indian Armed Forces provided detailed insights on Operation Sindor on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Vikram Misri, Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh gave a press conference in Delhi on Wednesday, outlining the goals of the operation.
There are 9 terrorist websites in Pakistan, including 5 of Pojk, which are related to Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM), aiming to avoid civilian casualties.
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh elaborated on the strategic intentions of the operation and noted: “'Operation sindoor' is a revenge on the terrible Pahargan terrorist attack on April 22 to deliver justice to innocent victims and their families. The target and destruction of nine terrorist camps.”
She revealed that Pakistan has maintained a complex terror infrastructure for thirty years, including 21 recruits, indoctrination and launch pad centers in Pakistan and Poyk.
“The goal of the Sindoor operation is based on reliable intelligence input and selected locations to avoid losses that damage civilian infrastructure and civilian lives,” Singh added.
The strike was carried out between 1:05 and 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, involving coordinated efforts by the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, targeting key facilities such as bases such as Jem and Pakistan (Pojk).
