Osama Bin Laden Funded Guesthouse At Let Hq In Muridke, Now Destroyed By India

A guesthouse funded by Osama bin Laden pinch a Rs 10 lakh aid was among nan assets destroyed arsenic Indian Air Force struck nan Muridke analyzable of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) successful a daring overnight cognition targeting Pakistan's panic infrastructure.

Striking heavy into Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir without breaching airspace, India deed 9 high-value sites linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), LeT and Hizbul Mujahideen successful nan early hours of Wednesday. The operation—codenamed Operation Sindoor—came successful retaliation to nan sidesplitting of 25 antheral visitors and a section guideline successful Pahalgam, Kashmir.

Four of nan 9 sites targeted were located wrong Pakistan, including nan LeT's Muridke guidelines successful Punjab, while 5 were successful PoK. Muridke, located 30 km from Lahore, has served arsenic LeT's nervus centre since 1990 and is wherever Ajmal Kasab and 9 others trained earlier carrying retired nan 26/11 Mumbai attacks. It was struck 4 times successful speedy succession during nan operation.

"Muridke is nan guidelines of nan panic group since 1990," officials told news agency PTI. "Besides Kasab, 26/11 accused David Headley and Tahawwur Rana besides visited nan hub. Al Qaeda violent Osama Bin Laden, killed successful 2011 successful Pakistan's Abbottabad, had donated ₹10 lakh for nan building of a guesthouse successful Muridke."

The Markaz Taiba astatine Muridke—dubbed a ‘terror factory’—is LeT’s astir important training centre, enrolling astir 1,000 students successful various indoctrination and beingness training courses. Operatives present are radicalised, trained, and prepared for cross-border operations.

Simultaneously, nan JeM's sprawling guidelines successful Bahawalpur was besides targeted. The Markaz Subhanallah astatine this location has been instrumental successful training recruits and readying awesome attacks including nan Pulwama bombing, nan Parliament onslaught successful 2001, and nan Pathankot onslaught successful 2016. JeM's main Masood Azhar, released during nan 1999 IC-814 hijack, received support from Pakistan's ISI, Taliban factions and Osama bin Laden while founding nan group, officials told nan agency.

The Indian Air Force besides deed nan JeM campy astatine Sarjal Tehra Kalan successful Narowal district, operating nether Abdul Rauf Asgar. Camouflaged arsenic a superior wellness centre, this tract was reportedly utilized for tunnelling and drone-based infiltration crossed nan Jammu border.

In PoK, Indian jets targeted JeM camps successful Kotli and Muzaffarabad, including Markaz Abbas and Markaz Syedna Bilal, and LeT camps for illustration nan Shawai Nalla successful Muzaffarabad and Markaz Ahle Hadith successful Barnala. Another target, Mehmoona Joya successful Sialkot, was a Hizbul Mujahideen installation masked arsenic a wellness unit. It was headed by Irfan Tanda, linked to panic strikes successful Jammu city.

The Shawai Nallah camp, utilized to train 26/11 attackers and frequented by ISI personnel, accommodates up to 250 terrorists and plays a domiciled successful radicalising and instructing caller recruits successful map-reading and weapons handling, according to nan officials. Markaz Raheel Shahid successful Kotli, besides hit, was utilized to train Hizbul Mujahideen operatives successful sniper and Border Action Team (BAT) attacks.

(With inputs from PTI)

Published on: May 7, 2025 7:39 PM IST