New satellite images show huge damage to terror camps operating in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, confirming India’s precision strikes during Operation Sindoor were a resounding success.
In a stunning display of India’s evolving military capabilities, new high-resolution satellite images accessed by NDTV confirm that the Indian Army’s Operation Sindoor delivered massive destruction to two major terrorist training facilities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Conducted in the early hours of May 7, the strikes were a retaliatory action following the brutal Pahalgam attack of April 22, in which 26 civilians were killed.
The targeted sites, Syedna Bilal Camp in Muzaffarabad and the Gulpur Camp in Kotli, were known strongholds of state-sponsored terror groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), with operational backing from Pakistan’s notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
Syedna Bilal Camp: Training Ground Turned Rubble
Located 36 kilometres west of Tangdhar in Kashmir, the Syedna Bilal Camp had been a key launch pad for highly trained terrorist recruits. Army sources revealed that training operations had intensified here since June 2023, with new jihadis being prepared for infiltration through the Uri and Keran sectors. The ultimate goal: sabotage Indian infrastructure, including rail links in Jammu.
According to NDTV, top JeM commanders including Mufti Asghar Khan Kashmiri and Abdullah Jehadi frequented this camp, supervising advanced guerrilla training. Guesthouses were built to accommodate such high-ranking militants, proving the strategic value of the location.
Post-training, operatives were funneled into Punjab for communication briefings before being split into four-to-eight member units and infiltrated into India between March and May 2024. Many attacks in Jammu last year are now believed to have been executed by these very operatives.
Satellite images from Maxar Technologies show the camp was obliterated with surgical precision, without any collateral damage a testament to the sophistication of India’s military capabilities.
Gulpur Camp: Lashkar’s Base Crushed in Kotli
The second target, Gulpur Camp in Kotli district, was a Lashkar-e-Taiba operational base and training centre. Located 40 km west of Rajouri, the camp housed a large number of active terrorists, including suicide bombers.
Satellite visuals show a major 110 ft. x 30 ft. structure split down the middle, with surrounding buildings severely damaged. The Indian Army suspects 30–50 terrorists, along with their trainers, were present in the camp at the time of the strike.
This camp had long been a critical node in Lashkar’s terror supply chain, particularly for the Rajouri-Poonch region. Post-Balakot (2019), it had been temporarily deactivated but resumed training operations in 2020. The precision destruction of this camp represents a significant blow to LeT’s revival ambitions in Jammu and Kashmir.
This strike confirms that India is actively targeting not just individual terrorists, but the ecosystem that nurtures, trains, and launches them — often under Pakistan’s overt protection.
Operation Sindoor: India’s New Red Line
Operation Sindoor was launched in the early hours of May 7, in a coordinated 25-minute assault on nine terror-linked infrastructure sites four in Pakistan proper (Bahawalpur, Muridke, Sialkot, and Shakar Garh) and five in PoK (Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Bhimber, Rawalakot, and Chakswari).
Military sources estimate that over 100 terrorists were killed during the strikes, making it one of India’s most successful anti-terror operations post-Balakot. What sets Sindoor apart is the breadth of its target list and the surgical precision employed using drones and possibly loitering munitions.
Lt Gen DS Hooda (Retd), who led the 2016 surgical strikes, told NDTV: “Much attention has been on the strikes deep inside Pakistan, but the destruction of PoK camps is equally strategic. These are where terrorists finalize reconnaissance and training before crossing into India. Their elimination sends a strong deterrent message.”
The decision to hit multiple camps simultaneously also displays India’s intelligence depth and readiness to act preemptively against threats festering just across the border.
Breaking Pakistan’s Proxy War Network
These strikes go beyond mere retaliation. They are India’s answer to Pakistan’s decades-old strategy of bleeding India through a thousand cuts a doctrine rooted in proxy warfare via terror outfits like LeT and JeM.
Lt Gen Satish Dua (Retd), former Corps Commander in Srinagar, noted that “for decades, we knew these camps’ exact locations but held back due to nuclear threat calculus. Pahalgam changed that. These images are proof of India’s evolving will and capability.”
The use of drones for such deep and clean hits is an indicator of India’s growing technological edge in warfare. Moreover, by avoiding civilian casualties, India has maintained the high moral ground even as it asserts its right to self-defence with precision.
Pakistan’s denials ring hollow in the face of such evidence. With the ISI’s terror blueprint clearly visible to the world, Islamabad stands exposed as the nerve centre of jihadist operations.
A Bold New Doctrine in Motion
Operation Sindoor marks a decisive shift in India’s counter-terror posture. The strikes inside PoK, carried out with clinical precision and zero collateral damage, prove that New Delhi will no longer be reactive. It will hit back proactively, decisively, and at a time and place of its choosing.
By targeting and dismantling key terror camps like Syedna Bilal and Gulpur, India has disrupted the operational flow of Pakistan-backed jihadists and sent a chilling message to the terror ecosystem: nowhere is safe anymore.
As Pakistan’s diplomatic mask slips and its terror infrastructure is laid bare before the world, India stands tall not just as a victim of terror, but as a nation capable of defending its sovereignty with resolve and might.
