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The Lashkar-e-Taiba training camps, located at a number of locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Azad Kashmir are used to impart training to militants, which include its base camp, Markaz-e-Taiba in Muridke near Lahore, and the one near Manshera. In these camps, two types of trainings are imparted:

  • the 21-day basic combat course (Daura Aam)
  • the three-months advanced course (Daura Khaas)[1][2]

American intelligence analysts justify the extrajudicial detention of at least one Guantanamo detainees because they allege he attended a Lashkar-e-Taiba training camp in Afghanistan.[3] A memorandum summarizing the factors for and against the continued detention of Bader Al Bakri Al Samiri asserts that he attended a Lashkar-e-Taiba training camp.

Markaz-e-Taiba

The LeT base camp Markaz-e-Taiba in Muridke was esbalished in 1988. It is spreaded over 200 acres of land.[4]

Raids on training camps

On December 7, 2008, The Pakistani media says that, Pakistani army raided a training camp of the LeT at Shawai Nullah, 5 km from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-controlled Azad Kashmir. The army arrested more than twenty members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks attacks.But it's still not confirmed that its True or just an eyewash by Pakistani government.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Raman, B. (December 15, 2001). "The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET)". South Asia Analysis Group. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  2. ^ Swami, Praveen (December 2, 2008). "A journey into the Lashkar". The Hindu. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  3. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Bader Al Bakri Al Samiri Administrative Review Board - March 7 2005 - page 75
  4. ^ Mir, Amir (December 2, 2008). "India may target Muridke to avenge attacks". The News. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  5. ^ Naqash, Tariq and Syed Irfan Raza (December 9, 2008). "Operation against LeT-Dawa launched in AJK". Dawn. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  6. ^ Subramanian, Nirupama (December 8, 2008). "Shut down LeT operations, India tells Pakistan". The Hindu. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
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