The rare, but not unprecedented, rally shows that the outfit, though banned in Pakistan and by the UN, continues to mobilise, recruit & fundraise in the country.
Around 270 terrorists out of the 330 belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba, it is learnt. They were killed in encounters and other operations by the Indian Army and the Jammu & Kashmir Police.
Havildar Jhantu Ali Sheikh was inducted into elite 6 Para at age 19. His village in West Bengal now mourns the young soldier who died in exchange of gunfire with terrorists Thursday.
TRF denial over Pahalgam attack comes four days after initial claim and just hours after Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said LeT was extinct and denied having heard of TRF.
Khawaja Asif also accuses India of 'staging' the Pahalgam attack & warns that any aggression from New Delhi will be met with a 'measured' but firm response.
The report, based on investigations, assessments, and intercepted communications, mentions that digital footprints were traced to safe houses in Muzaffarabad & Karachi.
28-year-old Syed Adil Hussain Shah was killed while trying to help a woman who lost her father in Pahalgam. He was the eldest of 6 siblings & married 2 years ago.
Thirty-five Sikhs were gunned down in cold blood in the year 2000. Political leadership promised to mete out justice, but botched investigations left critical questions unanswered.
In 1980, South American countries exhibited similar income levels, with Venezuela ranking among the more affluent economies. By 2023, this landscape had significantly altered.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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