Pakistan rebuilding terror launchpads destroyed in Operation Sindoor: Report

Pakistan has begun rebuilding terror launchpads and training camps destroyed during India’s Operation Sindoor in May 2025, according to media reports.

The reconstruction effort, reportedly coordinated by Pakistan’s military, its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the interim government, covers numerous locations across PoK and adjacent regions along the Line of Control (LoC).

Intelligence sources disclosed that these reconstructed sites are being “high‑tech” and harder to detect, equipped to evade thermal, radar, and satellite surveillance.

The infrastructure spans forests and remote areas, notably in Luni, Putwal, Tipu Post, Jamil Post, Umranwali, Chhota Chak, Janglora, Kel, Athmuqam, Kotli, Chamankot, and Jura.

To minimize vulnerability to future strikes, the strategy reportedly shifts operations from large camps to smaller cells of under 200 militants, each secured by Pakistan Army-led guards using advanced surveillance systems like thermal sensors, drone countermeasures, and low-frequency radar.

Intelligence intercepts indicate a high-level planning meeting in Bahawalpur, involving commanders from Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizbul Mujahideen, and The Resistance Front, alongside ISI officials.

Discussions reportedly focused on command restructuring, recruitment, and rearming following Operation Sindoor’s destruction of key militant infrastructure.

Alarmingly, reports suggest that some international aid funds—including from the ADB, World Bank, and IMF—may have been diverted to support the reconstruction of these terror facilities.

Operation Sindoor, executed by the Indian military on May 6–7, targeted nine terror facilities linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizbul Mujahideen, and TRF in Pakistan and PoK, as retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians.

The aerial and missile strikes marked an unprecedented deep strike inside hostile territory and significantly degraded militant infrastructure.