Lashkar terrorist killed in Srinagar encounter

A Lashker-e-Tayiba operative, who was allegedly managing finances for the Pakistan-based militant outfit in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district was arrested Sunday, police said in Srinagar. Mudasir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Naseem Bagh, Sopore, had been working for LeT for a long time, was arrested for his alleged involvement in subversive activities, a police spokesman said. Dar was arrested following a disclosure by Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Naveed alias Fahadullah who was nabbed by the ...

All major attacks orchestrated by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba in the near future would comprise only Indians. Vicky Nanjappa reportsA recent write up in the Pro Publica stated that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba is training nearly three lakh recruits, most of whom had joined at the age of 17. For India, the problem remains specific as the Lashkar since 2011 has gone on a recruiting spree. What is worse is that all these persons are of Indian origin.Lashkar operative Abu Jundal who was subjected to thorough ...

A staggering 94 per cent of fresh recruits of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba see Jammu and Kashmir as a "fighting front" and hail mostly from Pakistan's Punjab province from families having links with the powerful army and intelligence network, according to a United States military report.The eye-opener report from the US military academy in West Point is a result of a multi-year research effort conducted by a lead team of five eminent authors including C Christine Fair, Don Rassler and Anirban Ghosh, ...

The Lashkar-e-Tayiba on Thursday threatened Kashmiri women of dire consequences if they do not wear veils. They also issued a threat to panches and sarpanches to resign from their posts immediately.The threat was conveyed through posters, which were pasted in the Aharipal village near Tral, in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The posters, in Urdu, were signed by Abdullah Mujahid, the LeT commander for Jammu and Kashmir.The LeT has asked women to adhere to the “strict Islamic dress ...

Identifying Lashkar-e-Tayiba as the most problematic of the terrorist groups inside Pakistan, a top United States intelligence official has warned that the outfit has the long-term potential to become like Hamas or Hezbollah. "Pakistan-based LeT will continue to be the most multifaceted and problematic of the Pakistani militant groups," James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, told lawmakers during a Congressional hearing. "The group has the long-term potential to evolve into a ...

The National Investigation Agency has prepared a fresh set of papers seeking the extradition of Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Headley who has been convicted in the United States for his role in the 26/11 attack. NIA sources told rediff.com that Headley is wanted for larger crimes in India and the concept of dual sovereignty is being quoted in the latest bid to extradite or at least question him once again. According to the legal opinion that has been given to the NIA, Headley has been ...

At this day-long National Security Studies Program conference, the experts listed below assessed the durability, vulnerability, and threat posed by Al Qaeda and its affiliates, ten years after 9/11. Panel III: Al Qaeda Affiliates in South Asia On ...

Three army troopers were killed in a fierce gunfight in Bochu village of south Kashmir Pulwama district on Friday morning. The Kashmir Inspector General of Police Abdul Ghani Mir confirmed to rediff.com that one militant has also been killed in the ongoing operation.   A defence spokesman told rediff.com that troops of counter insurgency Rashtriya Rifles  surrounded the Bochu village near Tral in Pulwama district on specific information about presence of a group of heavily armed ...

India is likely to press for access to Tahawwur Hussain Rana, and wife and two girlfriends of Mumbai attack terrorist David Headley during Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's visit to the United States next week. Government sources said though India got access to Headley, who carried out a recce of the 26/11 targets for the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba, the United States has not given any opportunity to question Pakistani-Canadian Rana, Headley's US-based wife Shazia, his ...