Pakistan's armed forces have moved against a camp used by banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, reports say.
Pakistan's armed forces have moved against a camp used by banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, reports say.
Witnesses heard several loud explosions and saw a helicopter and dozens of army personnel at the scene.
Witnesses heard several loud explosions and saw a helicopter and dozens of army personnel at the scene.
A BBC correspondent said the camp was sealed off, but Pakistani officials did not confirm its capture. India says the group is linked to the Mumbai attacks.
A BBC correspondent said the camp was sealed off, but Pakistani officials did not confirm its capture. India says the group is linked to the Mumbai attacks.
Pakistan is under pressure from India and the US to act against the group.
Pakistan is under pressure from India and the US to act against the group.
The BBC's Zulfikar Ali in Muzaffarabad says he has been unable to reach the camp because of the cordon, but did see about 14 army vehicles leaving the area.
Reports said a number of people were arrested.
India says the surviving Mumbai gunman was a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant
'Military cordon'
The camp is run by the Islamic charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, widely seen as a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was itself banned in 2002.
The camp, on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, is run by the Islamic charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, widely seen as a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was itself banned in 2002.
Reports said a number of people - between three and 20 - from the charity had been arrested.
Witnesses say the raid began on Sunday afternoon.
The Associated Press news agency quoted militants as saying the camp had been seized by the military.
"I don't know details as the entire area was sealed off but I heard two loud blasts in the evening after a military helicopter landed there," local resident Nisar Ali told Reuters news agency.
The BBC's Zulfikar Ali, in Muzaffarabad, said he was unable to reach the camp because of the cordon, but did see about 14 army vehicles leaving the area.
The Associated Press news agency quoted militants as saying the camp had been seized by the military. India says the surviving Mumbai gunman was a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant
Islamabad denies any involvement in the Mumbai attacks which left at least 170 people dead, but some of the gunmen are said to have had links to Pakistani militants.
Islamabad denies any involvement in the Mumbai attacks which left at least 170 people dead, but some of the gunmen are said to have had links to Pakistani militants.
Indian investigators have said that the only gunman captured in Mumbai, Azam Amir Qasab, had been indoctrinated by Lashkar-e-Taiba, and trained at a camp run by the group.
Indian investigators have said that the only gunman captured in Mumbai, Azam Amir Qasab, had been indoctrinated by Lashkar-e-Taiba, and trained at a camp run by the group.
Although the authorities in Pakistan formally banned the group six years ago and curbed its activities, analysts say its camps were never closed.
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