Operation Sindoor: Satellite images reveal extent of damage to LeT, JeM bases in Pakistan

Satellite pics from Maxar Technologies show damage caused by Indian missile strikes on the city of Muridke. (Source: ANI)

The precision strikes carried out by Indian armed forces in the wee hours of Wednesday have inflicted significant damage to terror installations being run by the Jaish-e Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan's Bahawalpur and Muridke, satellite images released by US-based Maxar Technologies have confirmed.

At a joint press briefing addressed by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh said that the targets for Operation Sindoor were based on credible intelligence inputs and pin-pointing the role of these facilities in perpetrating terror activities.

#WATCH | Satellite pics from Maxar Technologies show damage caused by Indian missile strikes on Jamia Mosque in Bahawalpur and the city of Muridke, Pakistan, before and after the strike.(Source: Reuters) pic.twitter.com/6idaYwwjOW

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One of the key sites targeted in India's strikes was 'Markaz Subhan Allah' in Bahawalpur area of Pakistan's Punjab province. The Markaz served as the operational headquarters of Jaish-e-Muhammad, the terror outfit associated with terrorist plannings, including the Pulwama attack on February 14, 2019.

Intelligence inputs revealed that the complex housed residences of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar, de-facto Chief of JeM Mufti Abdul Rauf Asghar, Maulana Ammar and other family members of

Masood Azhar. The JeM chief has made several addresses from this facility extolling anti–India rhetoric and appealing to youth to join Islamic jihad. JeM also conducts regular arms, physical and religious training for its cadres at Markaz Subhan Allah.

Satellite pics from Maxar Technologies show damage caused by Indian missile strikes on Jamia Mosque in Bahawalpur, Pakistan before (Pic 1) and after (Pic 1,2,3) the strike. (Source: Reuters) pic.twitter.com/9HaBdaBo66 ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2025

The second critical site targeted in Operation Sindoor was Markaz Taiba in Muridke, the hub of Lashkar-e-Taiba located 40 km from Lahore. Established in the year 2000, Markaz Taiba is the ‘alma mater’ and the most important training centre of LeT located in the Punjab province. The complex holds arms and physical trainings facility as well as radicalisation for terror entities both from within Pakistan and abroad.

As per intelligence inputs, the Markaz in Muridke served as the mushrooming ground for radicalisation of students to motivate them to join armed jihad. Intelligence sources said that slain Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden financed Rs 10 million for the construction of a mosque and guest house within the Markaz Taiba complex.

All preparators of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, including Ajmal Kasab, were also imparted intelligence training at this facility. David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the prime conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, had visited Muridke along with Abdul Rehman Sayed alias Pasha, Haroon and Khurram (co-conspirators) on the instructions of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.