Last Updated:December 31, 2025, 15:42 IST Indian intel agencies assess the rhetoric as an attempt at damage control following operational setbacks suffered by Lashkar-linked modules during recent counter-terror operations Saifullah Kasuri, deputy chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba and a key accused in the Pahalgam terror attack, addresses a gathering in Lahore. (Screenshot) A Pakistan-based terror outfit linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has publicly reiterated its commitment to violent jihad in Kashmir, with senior leaders issuing fresh threats against India at a convention held in Lahore, top intelligence sources told CNN-News18. The event, organised under the banner of Jamaat-ud-Dawa—the political front long associated with LeT—was addressed by Saifullah Kasuri, deputy chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba and a key accused in the Pahalgam terror attack. Speaking to cadres, Kasuri declared that the group would “never back down from Mission Kashmir” and invoked religious rhetoric to justify continued violence. “Let those listen who portray us as terrorists—we will continue to fight for what we call a right cause and never abandon our Kashmiri brothers and sisters,” Kasuri said, according to intelligence assessments of …