At least 12 groups designated as 바카라foreign terrorist organistains바카라 in Pakistan, five of the groups are India centric including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, according to a latest Congressional report on terrorism.
According to latest Congressional Research Service report, among the foreign terror groups in Pakistan, five groups including LeT and Jaish are India centric.
At least 12 groups designated as 바카라foreign terrorist organistains바카라 in Pakistan, five of the groups are India centric including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, according to a latest Congressional report on terrorism.
The US officials have identified Pakistan as a base of operations or target for numerous armed and non state militant groups, some of which have existed since the 1980s, the independent Congressional Research Service (CRS) said in the report.
The report released by the bipartisan research wing of US Congress on the eve of the historic Quad summit here last week, said that these groups operating in Pakistan can be broadly categorised into five types -- globally-oriented, Afghanistan oriented, India- and Kashmir-oriented, domestically oriented, and Sectarian (anti-Shia).
The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) was formed in the late 1980s in Pakistan and designated as a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO) in 2001.
바카라LET was responsible for major 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, as well as numerous other high-profile attacks,바카라 the CRS said.
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) was founded in 2000 by Kashmiri militant leader Masood Azhar and was designated as an FTO in 2001. Along with LET, it was responsible for the 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, among other attacks, it said.
Harakat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI) was formed in 1980 in Afghanistan to fight the Soviet army and was designated as an FTO in 2010. After 1989, it redirected its efforts toward India, although it did supply fighters to the Afghan Taliban.
바카라With an unknown strength, HUJI today operates in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, and seeks annexation of Kashmir into Pakistan,바카라 the report said, adding that HUM was designated as an FTO in 1997 and operates mainly from Pak-Occupied Kashmir and from some Pakistani cities.
Finally, Hizb-ul Mujahideen (HM) was formed in 1989바카라 reportedly as the militant wing of Pakistan바카라s largest Islamist political party바카라and designated as an FTO in 2017. It is one of the largest and oldest militant groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
Among other terrorist groups operating from Pakistan are Al Qaeda, CRS said, adding that it has operated primarily from the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas and in the megacity of Karachi, as well as in Afghanistan. It has since 2011 been led by Ayman al-Zawahiri and reportedly maintains supportive ties with many of the groups inside the country.
CRS said according to the US State Department바카라s Country Reports on Terrorism 2019, Pakistan has 바카라continued to serve as a safe haven for certain regionally focused terrorist groups,바카라 and has 바카라allowed groups targeting Afghanistan ... as well as groups targeting India ...to operate from its territory바카라.
The Department also noted 바카라modest steps바카라 taken by Pakistan바카라s government to counter terrorism financing and to 바카라restrain바카라 some India-focused militant groups following an early 2019 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
It assessed, however, that 바카라Islamabad has yet to take decisive actions against India- and Afghanistan-focused militants,바카라 and that 바카라progress on the most difficult aspects of its 2015 National Action Plan to counter terrorism remains unfulfilled바카라specifically its pledge to dismantle all terrorist organisations without delay and discrimination바카라.
On the topic of 바카라terrorist safe havens,바카라 the Department concluded that Pakistan바카라s government and military 바카라acted inconsistently with respect to terrorist safe havens throughout the country. Authorities did not take sufficient action to stop certain terrorist groups and individuals from openly operating in the country바카라.
Other terrorist groups inside Pakistan are Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent(AQIS), Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP or IS-K); the Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani network, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Jundallah (aka Jaysh al-Adl), Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LEJ).
CRS reports are not an official report of the US Congress. Independent experts prepare these reports at periodic interval for the US lawmakers to take informed decisions. (With PTI inputs)