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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicLashkar-e-Taiba

Topic: Lashkar-e-Taiba

LeT operative Salman Khan extradited from Rwanda by NIA in Bengaluru Prisons terror case

Khan is accused of facilitating the collection and distribution of explosives for terror activities and was declared a fugitive after the terror module was exposed.

Grenade attack in Srinagar injures 11 civilians, CM Omar Abdullah calls for stronger security measures

The attack in the Sunday flee market comes a day after security forces eliminated a top Pakistani commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Khanyar locality of downtown Srinagar.

Kashmiri jihadists more resilient than we think. Rebuilding J&K Police is key to counter them

The new jihadists in J&K have harried Indian forces, staged a series of ambushes, and now begun to target Indian civilian infrastructure projects.

Olympian Arshad Nadeem ‘seen with LeT member’, BJP leader asks, ‘Are all Pakistanis terrorists?’

In videos doing the rounds, Muhammad Haris Dar tells the javelin thrower that he has made Muslim Ummah proud. BJP's Dilip Ghosh says, 'supporting jihad natural instinct of Pakistanis'.

Rajouri man who ‘provided logistics’ is 1st arrest in Reasi terror attack that killed 9 pilgrims

Nearly 50 people have been detained in connection with Reasi terror attack. MHA had handed over probe into attack to NIA.

Lashkar overground worker arrested from Kupwara, Amarnath Yatra was target, say forces

Four grenades & two IEDs seized from Shabir Ahmed. Arrest comes at time when Union Territory administration is grappling with terror attacks in border districts of Jammu.

Breadwinner gone, cousins bereaved, 3 generations of family wiped out — Victims of Reasi terror attack

Toll stands at nine dead and 42 injured, according to list of victims prepared by Reasi administration. Thirty-five of the injured are from Uttar Pradesh.

NIA’s latest arrest in Rameshwaram Cafe blast is ex-convict in 2012 LeT conspiracy case

Shoaib Ahmed Mirza was in touch with prime accused in Rameshwaram Cafe blast case since 2018 & was allegedly facilitating his communication with a ‘foreign handler’, it is learnt.

‘Heard money is for LeT’ — claims by 8 ‘protected’ witnesses in NewsClick chargesheet

Chargesheet has one of the 'protected' witnesses narrating how Purkayastha & NewsClick editor Pranjal Pandey went to China and got infected with Covid, endangering their lives.

Elections nearing in Kashmir valley, Lashkar seizes public stage to hail its ‘martyrs’

Funeral events like these have been important tools for Lashkar to draw followers. Mothers of killed terrorists use these to impress upon other women the importance of giving their sons to jihad.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

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'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

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.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

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.