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Topic: Lashkar-e-Taiba

Terror as family business? Why Kokernag ambush may have roots in India’s war against Lashkar

Muhammad Riyaz, killed in Rawalkote last week, believed to have been targeted by Indian agents. He 'played key role in facilitating movement of Lashkar cadres & weapons in Pir Panjal range'.

New terror tactics — lethal Kokernag ambush illustrates jihadist strategy aimed at tying down troops

New jihadist units operate out of caves, shepherds’ shelters on Pir Panjal without contacting local support networks. Many commanders ignoring basic skills, say intelligence officer.

Anantnag encounter: Intel-based ops gone haywire, more casualties feared, hunt for 2 terrorists on

The operation in Kashmir, which began Tuesday evening, is still on. Uzair Khan, a self-styled commander of Pakistan-backed terror group LeT, is among two being tracked.

18 LeT men involved in 26/11 still at large, says Pakistan counter-terror ‘Red Book’ — ‘key ID info known’

Pakistan FIA's 'Red Book' listings provide new insight into complex web of operatives Lashkar used to support 10-man assault team that killed at least 166 people in November 2008.

The shadowy world of Mumbai attack planner Sajid Mir, who China has shielded from UN sanctions

On Tuesday, Beijing voted against proposal of India & the US to designate Mir a 'global terrorist'. The 26/11 chief planner is listed as proscribed terrorist under Indian laws.

NIA attaches Zahoor Watali’s properties in terror funding case. Who is this alleged LeT financier

NIA investigations reveal Watali was a 'hawala conduit who was receiving money' from LeT chief Hafiz Saeed. All properties attached were in Handwara area of Kashmir's Kupwara district. 

Sanctioned LeT terrorist Abdullah Muntazir now moderating a Pakistan think tank’s webinar

Top global scholars have purportedly cancelled their appearance at the event after a Twitter post said internationally-sanctioned Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Abdullah Muntazir was among the speakers.

26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana to be extradited, but main players remain protected in Pakistan

The real story of the Mumbai attack remains how terrorists—and a national state which backed them—got away with mass killing.

Poonch killing of Indian soldiers shows jihad will increase India-Pakistan war risk

There have been dozens of terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir's Pir Panjal since 2021. It shows how unstable the peace on the Line of Control is.

Poonch attack carried out by ‘combined LeT-JeM team’. Both foreign & local terrorists involved

Identity of perpetrators not clear yet. Army has launched multiple teams to scan adjoining forest areas close to LoC and about a dozen people have been picked up as part of questioning.

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Vietnam & China cutting into India’s footwear exports, NITI Aayog calls for tariff cuts, R&D push

With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.