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Topic: Lashkar-e-Taiba

Lashkar-e-Toiba’s last man standing in its south Kashmir jihad heartland is an ill-trained child soldier

Shopian: Late most afternoons, nine-year-old Jazim Farooq Wani would skip past the lush fruit orchards studded along the Rambiara river in the small south...

Pakistan again cultivating Lashkar, Jaish as loyal proxies. And why China’s got its back

LeT's Makki was designated as global terrorist after months of Chinese objection. There's a message: Islamabad can count on its Iron Brother for protection against jihadists.

Govt bans TRF, designates LeT launching commander Mohammed Amin as terrorist

The group came into existence in 2019 as a proxy of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was involved in numerous terror acts, including the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

China puts hold on proposal by India, US to blacklist LeT terrorist Hafiz Talah Saeed at UN

It's the second time in the past two days & the fifth time in 4 months that China has put on hold proposals to declare Pakistani terrorists under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee.

‘Dear Death, please come…’, says diary of ‘depressed’ man held for murder of J&K DG Prisons

Police suspect Yasir Ahmed slit DG (Prisons) Hemant Kumar Lohia's throat & stabbed him multiple times before fleeing. He was arrested Tuesday from a field in Jammu's Ramban district.

Led by Jihad commander, Lashkar defies FATF threat to carry out flood-relief work in Pakistan

Lashkar’s efforts, which include distributing blankets and opening food kitchens, come at a time when Islamabad is preparing for visits by inspectors of Financial Action Task Force.

Delhi garment trader arrested for operating hawala channels to ‘fund’ terror outfits in J&K

48-year-old Mohammed Yaseen is suspected to have worked as a conduit for hawala money and delivered it to terror operatives Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al Badr.

Bitta Karate’s wife, Hizbul chief’s son among 4 J&K govt staff sacked for terror links

Channeling money for terror, propagating secessionist-terrorist agenda are among the charges faced by the duo; dismissals are part of a larger crackdown that is on for the past one year

Villagers apprehend two LeT terrorists, one of them ex-BJP worker, in J&K’s Reasi district

One of the captured terrorists, LeT commander Talib Hussain, used to be a BJP worker. J&K BJP Minority Morcha chief said he had tendered his resignation to him two months ago.

Quiet conviction of 26/11 mastermind Sajid Mir shows Pakistan’s flimsy terror crackdown

LeT’s 26/11 operational head Sajid Mir was secretly tried and convicted last week, days before Pakistan’s fate is decided by terror-finance watchdog FATF.

On Camera

‘I Love Muhammad’ is cheap politicisation of Prophet’s name. Don’t drag it to the streets

Muslims would do better to think about whether the public performance of religion strengthens or weakens secularism—the idea in which they have the highest stake.

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.