WASHINGTON: Terrorist groups targeting India continues to operate from Pakistan and Islamabad not taking actions against other known terrorists, including the founders of Masood Azhar JEM and Terrorists and Mumbai Attack 2008 “Project Manager” Sajid Mir, which remains free in the country Stay free in the country, according to the latest report on terrorism by the US State Department.
US Secretary Antony Blinken, in 2020 countries reported terrorism issued on Thursday, said that regionally, terrorist groups continued to operate from Pakistan.
“A group that targets Afghanistan – including Afghanistan Taliban and Haqqani Network (HQN), as well as groups targeting India, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) and its affiliated front organizations, and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) – Advanced to operate from the Pakistani region, “according to the report.
Pakistan did not take action against other terrorists who were known as the founders of JEM and terrorists appointed by Azhar and 2008 Mumbai Attack “Project Manager” Mir, both of them were believed to remain free in Pakistan, the report said.
In February and again in November, Lahore’s anti-terrorism court sentenced the founder of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba Hafiz Saeed on various charges of financing terrorism and sentenced him to five years and six months in prison, the report noted.
It acknowledged that Pakistan made additional progress in 2020 to complete the action plan of the financial action assignment (FATF), but did not complete all action plan items, and remain on the “gray list” FATF.