LeT terror commanders fall silent after spate of terrorist killings in Pakistan: Sources

In wake of numerous reports claiming elimination of top-tier terrorists in Pakistan, a number of terror leers affiliated with organisations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed have retreated into seclusion, as per intelligence sources.

re have been no recent communication intercepts involving senior LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammed commanders in past two weeks, claimed intelligence sources on condition of anonymity. security agencies suspected that following killing of multiple terror associates in Pakistan, terror commanders of several terrorist organisations have been asked to hide out. 

Killing of terrorists in Pakistan

In Pakistan's Karachi, an unidentified individual fatally shot a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mufti Qaiser Farooq with close ties to Hafiz Saeed, mastermind behind 26/11 attacks. Farooq h been among founding members of terrorist organization.

Farroq's killing was identical to murder of a cleric in Pakistan with links to terrorist group LeT earlier this month. Maulana Ziaur Rahman was murdered by two motorcycle-borne gunmen while on his daily evening stroll in Karachi. sharp increase in elimination of terrorist associates in Pakistan has triggered concern among high-ranking terrorists affiliated with terror outfits. 

Terrorists go incommunico

security agencies have claimed that Jaish E Mohamm launchp commander Abdul Manan alias Doctor and Abu Qital Sindi, a terror commander who remained active in Poonch district for three years (2003-2006), have gone incommunico.

Abdul Manan alias Doctor is active in Sarjal area of Shakargarh and was one of key conspirators in Nagrota Toll Plaza attack. He was also involved in Sunjwan terror attack, two days prior to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Samba district of Jammu, in April 2022.

Meanwhile, terror commander from Pakistan, Abu Qital Sindi, was tasked with terror operations in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu. Sindi was behind recent terror attack on an Indian Army vehicle in Gursai area of Bhatta Duriyan.