Six months after Operation Sindhoor, Pakistan-based terror groups planning fresh wave of coordinated attacks: intel report
New Delhi : Six months after India’s counter-terrorism mission Operation Sindhoor, intelligence agencies have warned of a renewed terror threat from Pakistan-based groups, particularly Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
The classified report, accessed by NDTV, suggests that these outfits are preparing for coordinated strikes on Indian targets, with Jammu and Kashmir as their primary focus.
According to the report, terror activity along the Line of Control (LoC) has surged since September, with groups enhancing infiltration routes, reconnaissance efforts, and cross-border logistics. Units of LeT and JeM, reportedly aided by Pakistan’s Special Services Group (SSG) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) operatives, have managed to infiltrate into Indian territory through newly activated LoC corridors.
One LeT unit led by a terrorist commander named Shamsher has conducted aerial surveillance using drones, a development that indicates potential fidayeen-style (suicide) attacks or weapons drops in the coming weeks, according to security sources.
The intelligence inputs also reveal that Pakistan’s Border Action Teams (BATs) — composed of former SSG soldiers and seasoned militants — have been redeployed across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), suggesting the possibility of cross-border strikes on Indian military positions.
Officials described this as one of the most “organized attack blueprints” seen since Operation Sindhoor, hinting at Islamabad’s renewed strategy to destabilize the Union Territory.
In October 2025, high-level meetings in PoK reportedly brought together senior figures from Jamaat-e-Islami, Hizbul Mujahideen, and the ISI, where plans to reactivate dormant terror cells were finalized.
Sources claim that ISI handlers have also directed militant commanders to intensify “revenge attacks” on Indian security personnel and political leaders to avenge losses suffered during Operation Sindhoor.
The report further reveals that former militant commanders are being paid monthly stipends by LeT and JeM to resume operations, while parallel networks for drug trafficking and arms smuggling are being expanded to finance terror activities — patterns similar to those detected earlier this year in Punjab and Rajasthan.
Intelligence officials have raised concern over LeT operatives rebuilding local support networks across the Kashmir Valley by identifying sympathizers and reestablishing human intelligence channels dismantled during India’s recent counter-terror drives.
Security agencies have termed this intelligence as a “decisive warning”, cautioning that ISI-backed networks are attempting to disrupt peace and governance in Jammu and Kashmir through renewed infiltration and propaganda.
The warning coincides with India’s massive tri-service military exercise ‘Trishul’ currently underway along the western borders of Gujarat and Rajasthan, underscoring the country’s heightened state of operational readiness amid rising cross-border threats.
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