Pakistan Has Rebuilt 72 Terror Launchpads Across LoC After Operation Sindoor, Says BSF

More than seven months after India inflicted large-scale damage to its defence during Operation Sindoor, Pakistan has rebuilt and reactivated at least 72 terror launchpads along the Line of Control, the Border Security Force (BSF) said.

India launched a military offensive on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as part of Operation Sindoor on May 7, in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. After inflicting heavy damage in Pakistani posts and terror hideouts, security agencies have said that Pakistan had rebuilt and reactivated terror launchpads.

Addressing a press conference on Saturday, BSF DIG Vikram Kunwar said, “After the BSF destroyed many terror launchpads along the border during Operation Sindoor, Pakistan

government shifted all such facilities to the depth areas… About 12 launchpads are working from the depth areas of Sialkot and Zaffarwal, which are not exactly on the border.”

“Similarly, 60 launchpads are working in the other depth areas away from the border,” he further mentioned, adding that the BSF is honouring the halt in military action after four days of clashes from May 7-10.

DIG Kunwar said that while the number of these terror launchpads and terrorists keeps changing, they are not kept in more than two or three groups. He also informed that there are no terror camps in areas close to the International Border.

The DIG added that 118 Pakistani posts which had targeted BSF forward positions along the International Border and the LoC in Jammu province were heavily damaged during Operation Sindoor, reported The Indian Express. “Their surveillance system was also destroyed,” he added.

‘Ready To Resume Op Sindoor’

Meanwhile, BSF IG, Jammu Frontier, Shashank Anand said the BSF is ready to follow the orders of the government if it decides to resume Operation Sindoor. “If we get a chance, we are capable of causing more damage than what we did in May. Whatever policy the government decides, the BSF will play its role in it,” the officer said.

The IG said Pakistani Rangers who abandoned their posts during Operation Sindoor had returned to their posts once the situation became normal. “It took them a lot of time to recover from the damages inflicted by the BSF. In some locations, they have tried to strengthen their defence. But all of their activities are under our surveillance,” he said.