India’s Operation Sindoor has received its most direct confirmation yet, from within Lashkar-e-Taiba itself.
A senior commander has now admitted that the Markaz-e-Taiba complex in Muridke was destroyed in the Indian strike.
Hafiz Abdul Rauf, a key Lashkar-e-Taiba operational commander and is the brother-in-law of Hafiz Saeed (the 26/11 mastermind and a UN-designated terrorist), told a public gathering that the Muridke site no longer exists in usable form.
“What happened on May 6–7 was a very big attack,” he said.
“That place is finished. We cannot even sit there.”
This admission dismantles years of Pakistani claims that Muridke was merely a religious or charitable centre.
Instead, it confirms India’s position that the site functioned as Lashkar’s nerve centre.
Why Hafiz Abdul Rauf’s Admission Matters
Hafiz Abdul Rauf is not a fringe figure.
He has coordinated terrorist training and launch operations from Pakistan-backed pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
After Operation Sindoor, he also led funeral prayers for terrorists killed in the strikes.
His words therefore, carry operational credibility.
By acknowledging that Markaz-e-Taiba was flattened, Hafiz Abdul Rauf has erased the ambiguity Pakistan relied on to deny complicity.
This time, the confirmation came from Lashkar’s own command structure.
From Pahalgam to Precision Strikes
Operation Sindoor followed the April 2025 terror attack in Pahalgam, where 26 civilians were killed.
The attack was executed by Lashkar operatives under the TRF front.
Indian investigations later revealed Chinese-origin weapons and equipment used by the attackers.
Hafiz Abdul Rauf has now publicly admitted that Chinese systems were part of Pakistan and Lashkar’s arsenal during the confrontation.
This reinforces India’s long-stated concern about external support networks sustaining Pakistan-based terror groups.
Pakistan’s Role Laid Bare
Hafiz Abdul Rauf went further than confirming damage.
He openly claimed that Pakistan provides “open freedom for jihad.”
“The state has decided,” Hafiz Abdul Rauf declared.
This confession is the smoking gun that provides the ultimate proof of India’s long-standing position: Pakistan is not a passive host, but the active architect and primary backer of these terror networks.
By admitting that recruitment faces no obstruction because of a state-level decision, Hafiz Abdul Rauf has unmasked the Pakistani establishment as the creator of the very jihadi infrastructure it claims to be fighting.
Hafiz Abdul Rauf also praised China for backing Pakistan during the escalation.
He claimed Beijing supplied intelligence inputs during what he called “Bunyan-e-Marsous.”
What This Changes
For years, Muridke remained a diplomatic grey zone.
Pakistan denied.
India presented evidence.
Operation Sindoor changed that equation.
Hafiz Abdul Rauf’s admission has now closed it.
This is no longer an intelligence claim or a political accusation.
It is an on-record confession from within Lashkar-e-Taiba.
And it confirms one fact beyond dispute:
India struck the core of Pakistan’s terror infrastructure, and it landed exactly where it intended.
