WASHINGTON: The US government, while acknowledging the Pakistani government’s counter-terrorism measures, has revealed that Pakistan was attacked by the banned TTP, ISIS, and other separatist groups.
According to the details, the US State Department’s annual report on terrorism states that last year more terrorists attacked Pakistan than in 2019. The attackers included the TTP, ISIS, and other separatist groups.
The US State Department’s report on terrorism said that separatists carried out terrorism in Sindh and Balochistan. The United States has also acknowledged Pakistan’s efforts to curb terrorist financing. The US State Department report said that Pakistan cooperated in the Afghan negotiation process but progress on the 2015 National Action Program was limited. Comprehensive measures were needed against other terrorists, which could not be taken.
The State Department report states that the Lashkar-e-Taiba chief was convicted in February and November last year, but no action was taken against Jaish-e-Muhammad’s Maulana Masood Azhar and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Sajid Mir. The services of security agencies were acknowledged.
The report said that Pakistani forces and security agencies carried out counter-terrorism operations. Terrorist organizations in India include Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Al-Qaeda, ISIS and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen.
