Kochi (Kerala) [India], September 25 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its remand report stated that 10 accused members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) who were arrested this week had encouraged vulnerable youth to join terrorist organisations including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda.

Kulgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 4 (ANI): Two terrorists affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba's frontal affiliate The Resistance Front (TRF) were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Tuesday, said police.

New Delhi Nov 17 PTI India and France have underlined the need to ensure that Afghan territory does not become a source of terrorism and called for concerted action against all terror groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT Jaish-e-Mohammad JeM and Hizbul MujahideenAt a meeting of the India-France joint working group on counter-terrorism in Paris the two sides condemned terrorism in all its forms including cross-border terrorist activities and vowed to stand together in the fight against the menace according to the Ministry of External Affairs MEAThe two countries recalled their willingness to coordinate actively in view of the preparation of the third edition of the No Money for Terror international conference to be organised by IndiaIn the meeting on Tuesday they also exchanged views on proscription of terrorists and entities as one of the tools to combat terrorism and shared information about priorities and procedures for pursuing sanctions and designations against terrorist entities and individuals the MEA said in a statementIt said the two sides shared their assessment of the evolution of the terrorist threat on their respective territories and in their regional environmentThey also underlined the need to ensure that Afghan territory does not become a source of radicalisation and terrorism regionally or globally and is never again used to threaten or attack any country or to shelter recruit or train terrorists or to plan or finance terrorist attacks in accordance with the UNSC Resolution 2593 the MEA saidIt said India and France also exchanged views on threats posed by UN-sanctioned terrorist entities and individuals and emphasised the need for taking concerted action against all terrorist networks including al-Qaida and ISISDaesh as well as LeT JeM and Hizbul MujahideenThe two sides also pressed for making sure that perpetrators of terrorist attacks are systematically and expeditiously brought to justiceHeld in a month that marks both the 13-year-anniversary of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks and the six-year-anniversary of the November 2015 Paris strikes this meeting reaffirmed India and Frances unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms the MEA saidBoth sides stressed the need for all countries to ensure that territories that are under their control cannot be used to plan launch terrorist attack against any other country shelter or train terrorist fighters it saidThe two sides exchanged views on various areas of cooperation in the sphere of counter-terrorism countering illegal narcotic drugs and arms smugglingThe MEA said they expressed their willingness to keep sharing information on countering radicalisation and violent extremism combating the financing of terrorism preventing misuse of the internet for terrorist or violent extremist purposes to act against internationally designated entities and individualsBoth sides committed to working closely together to respond to these challenges and discussed ways to deepen engagement between their respective counterpart agencies to further advance cooperation in the sphere of counter-terrorism it saidThe two sides also discussed counter-terrorism cooperation in multilateral fora including in the UN building-up upon Indias membership of the Security Council for the 2021-2022 biennium and at the FATF Financial Action Task Force PTI MPB DV DV

Islamabad [Pakistan], November 8 (ANI): Pakistan's Lahore High Court's decision to release six senior terrorists of the global terrorist organisation, Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) has exposed the country's latest attempt to deceive the international community on curbing terrorism, reported a news piece published in Islam Khabar.

Lahore [Pakistan], November 7 (ANI): Pakistan's Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday acquitted six leaders of Hafiz Saeed-led Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD), the front organisation for the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack, in a terror-financing case.