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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicTerror financing

Topic: Terror financing

2 accused of funding & promoting Lashkar front behind Pahalgam get default bail as NIA drags feet

After NIA fails to file chargesheet in 90 days, Jammu court pulls ups agency for a probe going at a 'snail’s pace'. Srinagar resident Yasir Hayat & Shafat Wani are booked under UAPA.

FATF flags al-Qaeda & ISIL’s ‘decentralisation’, says such groups rely on merch sales, informal funding

Terror financing watchdog FATF in its latest report says that these groups have begun operating via ‘regional hubs’, employ offline & online methods to disseminate messages, collect funds.

India ‘largely compliant’, says terror funding watchdog FATF, highlights low prosecution as shortcoming

Report by Financial Action Task Force highlights long-pending trials & shows India hasn't adapted to updated practices to prevent misuse of non-profit organisations in terrorist financing.

Pakistan exits FATF grey list, India says Islamabad must continue to act against terrorists

Islamabad has shown ‘political commitment’ in combating terrorist financing, says Paris-based Financial Action Task Force. Pakistan was in ‘grey list’ since June 2018.

Pakistan remains in FATF ‘grey list’ for terror financing, money laundering, but nearing exit

Financial Action Task Force chief says Pakistan has met all requirements to exit grey list, but terror financing watchdog will assess if it can ‘sustain’ reforms by holding on-site visit.

China does it again. Stops India-US move for UN sanctions on top Lashkar terrorist in Pakistan

It was under Abdul Rehman Makki’s leadership that the LeT masterminded and executed 26/11, besides other attacks in Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir.

Kashmir separatist Yasin Malik gets life imprisonment in 2017 terror-funding case

Malik had been charged under the UAPA for committing a terrorist act, raising funds for terrorism, being a member of a terrorist group and part of a criminal conspiracy, and sedition.

Pakistan given extra action plan to check terror financing before it can get off FATF grey list

The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has now given Pakistan time until October to fulfil the previously set requirements along with the new action plan. 

Pakistan is hoodwinking the world on terror funding. FATF grey list needs to go darker

Pakistan is aware of the dilemma FATF faces, and is using it to its advantage.

Why Yes Bank, IL&FS, DHFL cases can become a headache for India’s next FATF assessment

India is likely to go through its FATF country assessment early next year. Some issues could prove a sticking point, including demonetisation and crackdown on shell firms.

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What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

Rich state, borrowed money: Karnataka’s growth story has a debt problem that is only getting worse

Karnataka contributes billions to national growth and FDI, but its own finances show a revenue deficit, spiralling interest costs, and liabilities crossing Rs 11.2 lakh crore.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.