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Under 'Operation Sindoor', the IAF targeted nine locations based on intelligence that revealed terror camps operating as health centres to avoid detection.
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In response to the April 22 tourist killings at Pahalgam, India launched missile strikes targeting the headquarters of terror organisations such as Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen.
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The strikes also targeted Lashkar-e-Taiba training camps associated with the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, along with the group's Muridke headquarters in Pakistan's Punjab, which was visited by David Headley and Tahawwur Rana.
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Notably, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, killed in 2011, had donated Rs 10 lakh for the construction of a guest house at the site.
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The targets were chosen following extensive intelligence, largely due to Pakistan's shifting strategies to hide terror camps and bypass sanctions from international bodies, including the FATF.
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Among the targets hit in the precise operation were Markaz Subhan Allah at Bahawalpur, Sarjal at Tehra Kalan, Markaz Abbas in Kotli and Syedna Bilal camp in Muzaffarabad (all of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group).
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Markaz Taiba at Muridke, Markaz Ahle Hadith at Barnala, and Shwawai Nalla camp at Muzaffarabad (all of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba) and Makaz Raheel Shahid in Kotli and Mehmoona Joya in Sialkot were also struck.
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Rescuers remove a body from a building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Muridke near Lahore, Pakistan.
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A media person films next to a damaged portion of Bilal Mosque after it was hit by an Indian strike in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.
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