Taiyabbat, the all-women wing of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, has emerged as a rapidly growing threat to Indian security agencies, with intelligence inputs indicating that nearly 80 per cent of its recruits have joined the outfit voluntarily since its formation in 2025. By early 2026, the wing had become fully operational, and officials say its pace of expansion has outstripped that of its parent organisation.

Voluntary Recruitment and the AI Factor

According to Intelligence Bureau officials, the high rate of voluntary enlistment is what distinguishes Taiyabbat from most other terror-linked formations. 'This shows the willingness of these women to be part of a terror group. It also shows the hatred that these women have towards India,' an official said. Beyond radicalisation and recruitment drives, the wing has taken a notable lead in Artificial Intelligence (AI) training — a domain that the Lashkar-e-Taiba leadership has publicly flagged as central to future propaganda and attack planning. Women who completed AI training in recent months are now reportedly imparting the same skills to newer inductees, according to intelligence findings.

What Taiyabbat Does — and Does Not Do Yet

Officials clarified that female recruits are not currently being trained for suicide bombings or direct terror strikes. Instead, they have assumed leading roles in radicalisation programmes, recruitment camps, propaganda operations, and AI-driven outreach. 'They are taking the lead role in almost all departments,' an official noted. The wing is also being used to actively recruit youth for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, which has faced an acute manpower shortage since Operation Sindoor.

Operation Sindoor's Impact on Lashkar-e-Taiba

India's precision military strikes under Operation Sindoor, carried out in response to the Pahalgam attack, inflicted severe damage on the Lashkar-e-Taiba. Over 100 terrorists were killed, including two senior commanders — Khalid alias Abu Akasha and Mudassar Khadian Khas alias Abu Jindal. The Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Hizbul Mujahideen collectively lost nine camps in the operation. In the aftermath, the Lashkar-e-Taiba has struggled to rebuild, with recruitment slowing and questions surfacing about leadership effectiveness.

How Taiyabbat Was Built — and Why It Grew

Intelligence officials say the Lashkar-e-Taiba leadership initially used photographs of slain militants to recruit women into Taiyabbat, drawing on sympathetic sentiment in the immediate post-Sindoor period. This reportedly triggered a chain reaction of voluntary enlistments. An Intelligence Bureau official warned that Taiyabbat could eventually surpass the Lashkar-e-Taiba itself in operational danger if left unchecked.

Taiyabbat vs Jaish's Women Wing JuM

By contrast, the Jamaat-ul-Muminat (JuM) — the women's wing of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, launched in October 2025 and headed by Sadiya Azhar, sister of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar — has remained far less active. Officials attribute this to Masood Azhar's diminished visibility since Operation Sindoor, reportedly due to deteriorating health and personal losses sustained in the strikes. Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed, by contrast, has remained comparatively active and visible, providing organisational momentum to Taiyabbat. The divergence between the two wings, officials say, reflects the wider gap in the post-Sindoor operational capacities of the two outfits.

Indian security agencies are now closely monitoring Taiyabbat's expansion, particularly its AI capabilities and its role in youth radicalisation — elements that could make it a long-term strategic threat even as the parent organisation continues to struggle.