New Delhi: After Operation Sindoor, terrorist organisations operating from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Punjab suffered a major setback. Since then, groups like Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) have started shifting their training bases to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) region. Now, information has emerged that Pakistan’s largest UN-banned terror outfit, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), is also setting up a new training centre in KPK.
Where is the new centre being built?
Images and videos dated September 22, 2025, reveal that Lashkar-e-Taiba has begun constructing a large training and residential camp on a 4,600-square-foot plot at Kumban Maidan, Lower Dir. It has been named “Markaz Jihad-e-Aqsa.” The site is located just 47 kilometres from the Afghan border. Work began in J