Fear grips Pakistan as Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives eliminated in Sindh

Tension escalated in Pakistan's Sindh province after two top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives were gunned down in quick succession, local sources confirmed on Monday.

The deaths follow a series of targeted eliminations of LeT terrorists reportedly linked to India’s recent counter-terror campaign, Operation Sindoor.

According to local sources, Abdul Wahid Kumbho—a senior LeT functionary affiliated with its political wing Milli Muslim League (MML)—was shot dead in Matli, Badin district. 

Kumbho, who had posed as a social worker, was killed by unidentified armed men. Shortly afterward, top LeT commander Razaullah Nizamani Khalid, also known by his alias Abu Saifullah Khalid, was also eliminated in the same area.

Nizamani had a long record of orchestrating terror attacks in India before relocating to Nepal and eventually settling in Sindh under the protection of Pakistani security forces, sources said.

Police confirmed that Kumbho died at the scene while another individual, identified as Tahir, sustained injuries. Two suspects—Ghulam Shabir and Rafaqat—belonging to the Sindhi nationalist group Sindh Desh Revolution Army (SDRA), were arrested in connection with the attack.

The SDRA, which operates primarily in Pakistan’s interior Sindh region, is one of several factions splintered from the original group led by Shafi Burfat, reportedly based in Afghanistan. Some SDRA offshoots are believed to have direct ties with the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), another anti-state militant group.

Despite the growing frequency of these targeted killings, Pakistani mainstream media has largely remained silent, adding to the government's discomfort. Islamabad has repeatedly accused New Delhi of using Afghanistan-based proxies to conduct covert operations within Pakistani territory.

The April 22 Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed 26 civilian lives, was claimed by a shadowy group called The Resistance Front (TRF). Indian authorities maintain that the TRF is a front for the UN-designated LeT.