Pak army shielded terror camps: Intel
India’s intelligence agencies gathered “irrefutable evidence” that the Pakistan army had been actively aiding and abetting terrorist organisations that were operating from multiple camps based in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Punjab province regions.
Top Intel sources told The Tribune that the disclosures, which are part of a classified intelligence, suggested that elements within the Pakistani military establishment — particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — provided a complex web of logistical support, funding, training and safe haven to terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
India, in a bold and calculated move, launched Operation Sindoor, a series of precision airstrikes targeting nine terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The airstrikes were aimed to dismantle infrastructure linked to groups like JeM and LeT, believed to be responsible for orchestrating cross-border attacks.
Intel sources confirmed to this newspaper that as per initial assessments, over 70 terrorists have been killed while more than 60 others were injured during the coordinated assault.
However, the most politically explosive dimension of Operation Sindoor was the direct attribution of complicity by the Pakistan army in supporting terrorist infrastructure.
“This is not the first time such an accusation has been levelled, but the timing and scale of Operation Sindoor highlighted that India has decided to act on this long-standing intelligence assessment,” sources said.
Notably, the proximity of some of the terrorist camps to known military installations and cantonments reinforced the Indian Intelligence agencies’ suspicions that they were being “deliberately shielded” by the Pakistan army. In several cases, militants were seen using army infrastructure as cover or enjoying unfettered access to restricted zones.
“There is no plausible deniability left. You don’t have terror camps mushrooming next to army barracks without the knowledge and active support of the military,” the source said.
Notably, the Indian Government has also circulated intelligence dossiers to major powers outlining the links between the Pakistan army and the targeted groups. These documents included communication intercepts, satellite imagery and financial transaction trails.
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