In a stunning public admission that cuts through years of denials and diplomatic doublespeak, the commander of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hafiz Abdul Rauf, has acknowledged that India's Operation Sindoor delivered a devastating blow to the terror group's nerve centre in Muridke, razing what he described as its headquarters at Markaz-e-Taiba on the night of May 6-7, 2025. Rauf, a US-designated global terrorist, told a gathering that the strike was "a very big attack" and conceded that the complex had been reduced to rubble.