On May 7, India carried out air strikes against terror camps located in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam attacks. The operation, named Operation Sindoor, specifically targeted areas in Bahawalpur, where there is a stronghold of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), a group responsible for multiple terror attacks in India.

According to intelligence sources, the Indian military's precision strikes caused heavy damage to nine terror-related sites, including JeM's training bases and Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) headquarters in Muridke. These claims were supported by satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies, which showed destruction at key compounds like Markaz Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur and Markaz Taiba in Muridke.

Over 100 terrorists were reportedly killed during the strikes, which were aimed at dismantling Pakistan’s long-standing network of state-backed terror infrastructure.

JeM’s swimming pool back in use

More than a month later, reports now say that Jaish-e-Mohammad has reopened a swimming pool in Bahawalpur’s Madrassa, the same facility that was bombed during the strikes. This swimming pool is a part of the group's training program and has a dark past.

Interestingly, this very pool was used by the Pulwama attackers back in 2019. Before carrying out the suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF personnel in Kashmir, the attackers, Mohammad Umar Farooq, Talha Rashid Alvi, Mohammad Ismail Alvi, and Rashid Billa, posed for a photograph at this swimming pool.

According to sources, JeM requires its recruits to pass a swimming test before they are cleared for infiltration into Indian territory.

Pakistan rebuilding destroyed camps

Fresh intelligence inputs now share that Pakistan is rebuilding terror camps and launchpads that were taken out during Operation Sindoor. This reconstruction effort is reportedly being carried out with the full support of Pakistan’s military, its intelligence agency ISI, and the government.

Sources add that new facilities are being built in forested areas along the Line of Control (LoC), possibly to hide them from drone surveillance and airstrikes. These include high-tech, smaller camps meant to train and house operatives from groups like LeT, JeM, Hizbul Mujahideen, and The Resistance Front (TRF).

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif admitted during an interview that “Pakistan has been doing the dirty work (funding terrorists) for the West for many decades.”

This statement has drawn attention to Pakistan’s long-denied role in sponsoring terrorist activities, even as India continues to monitor developments post-strike.

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