Karachi– A wave of fear has swept through Pakistan’s Sindh province as top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives are being systematically eliminated. On Sunday, LeT commander Razaullah Nizamani Khalid—also known as Abu Saifullah Khalid—was gunned down by unidentified armed men, shortly after the killing of another key LeT figure, Abdul Wahid Kumbho, in the same region, according to local sources.
The killings, described as targeted assassinations, have intensified following India’s recent Operation Sindoor, a bold cross-border military action that dismantled multiple terror facilities deep inside Pakistani territory earlier this month.
Nizamani, a notorious LeT figure linked to several major terror attacks in India, had relocated to Nepal before settling in Sindh, where he lived under the protection of Pakistani security agencies. Kumbho, a member of LeT’s political wing, the Milli Muslim League (MML), had long presented himself as a social worker. Both men were killed in Matli, a town in Badin district, Sindh.
“Abdul Wahid Kumbho was killed on the spot. Another individual, Tahir, sustained injuries in the incident. Authorities have since arrested two suspects—Ghulam Shabir and Rafaqat—linked to the Sindh Desh Revolution Army (SDRA),” local sources reported.
The SDRA is a Sindhi nationalist organization with a significant presence in Pakistan’s interior Sindh region. It has splintered into various factions, one of which is reportedly led by Shafi Burfat, who is believed to be living in Afghanistan.
“Some of these SDRA factions maintain direct ties with the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA),” a source added, referring to the separatist group known for its armed resistance against the Pakistani state.
Despite the growing number of assassinations, mainstream Pakistani media has largely remained silent on the killings of LeT operatives, even as they pose a significant challenge to the country’s security establishment.
Islamabad has frequently accused India of orchestrating targeted attacks inside Pakistan using proxies allegedly based in Afghanistan.
One such proxy, The Resistance Front (TRF), claimed responsibility for the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which left 26 civilians dead. TRF is widely believed to be a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is designated as a terrorist organization by the United Nations.
Speaking at a special media briefing following Operation Sindoor, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri noted, “India provided evidence regarding TRF’s role as a cover for Pakistan-based terrorist organizations in reports submitted to the UN’s 1267 Sanctions Committee in both May and November 2024.”
He also revealed that India had previously alerted the UN in December 2023 about LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammad operating under new aliases like TRF. Misri criticized Pakistan for pressuring the UN to remove references to TRF from the Security Council’s April 25 press statement. (Source: IANS)
