‘Pak girls being trained in militant camps in PoK’

Over 100 girls are being trained in ISI-funded terrorist camps in PoK, a woman arrested along the LoC has revealed.

Over 100 Pakistani girls are being trained in terrorist camps financed by ISI in PoK to carry out militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir, a woman arrested by the BSF along the LoC has revealed.

24-year-old Asiya Malik, wife of a Pakistani soldier, was arrested by the Border Security Force (BSF) at Dadil forward post along the Line of Control in Sunderbani belt of Rajouri district on Thursday, intelligence sources said.

During her interrogation, she revealed that Pakistani girls are being trained in handling of weapons, explosives, jungle warfare and sabotage activities in two militant training camps (MTCs) in Bhimber and Kotli areas across LoC in PoK, sources said.

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While around 80 girls were being trained in Bhimber MTC, another 25 were at Kotli MTC, Asiya, who was also trained in Bhimber camp, revealed.

The girls will be sent in group of 10 to 12, she told the interrogators.

Asiya, whose husband Sajad Ahmed is a havildar in 129 unit of Nikial base army unit and her cousin Muzamil a militant commander of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT), was tasked to conduct recce of LoC to find safe infiltration routes and security deployment pattern, the sources said.

She also told the interrogators that the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI was financing these training camps, where recruits come from various countries including Saudi Arabia.

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According to Asiya, Pakistani army was backing infiltration in J&K from across LoC and Major Musa and another Pak army officer Talat visited the camps and LoC infiltration bases, sources claimed.

Police has registered a case in this connection and the woman will be sent to Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) for further interrogation, sources said.