<p>Pakistan today said that those providing funds to banned groups, including the so-called charities run by Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, will face up to 10 years in prison along with a hefty fine.</p>

<p>The warning was part of a countrywide advertisement in Urdu, which has been published in all major local newspapers of the country.</p>

<p>The advertisement lists 72 groups, including Jamat-ud- Dawa, Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation and Lashkar-e-Tabia of Saeed and Jaish-e-Mohammad of Masood Azhar.</p>

<p>It said that according to Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 of Pakistan and under UN Security Council act of 1948 it was a crime to provide funding to those groups which have been banned or are on the watchlist.</p>

<p>Those giving funds to such individuals or groups may face &quot;five to 10 years in jail or up to Rs 10 million fine or both&quot;, it said.</p>

<p>Their movable or immovable property can also be confiscated.</p>

<p>&nbsp;Pakistan has banned Saeed-led JuD and FIF from collecting donations on Monday, after President Donald Trump accused Islamabad of giving nothing to the US but &quot;lies and deceit&quot; and providing &quot;safe haven&quot; to terrorists.</p>

<p>Trump, in a scathing tweet, at the start of the new year said that Pakistan fooled American authorities and got USD 33 billion in the name of fighting terrorism.</p>

<p>The government has banned companies and individuals from making donations to the JuD, the FIF and other organisations on the UNSC sanctions list.</p>

<p>The advertisement reminds the people that they should make sure that their money given as charity does not end up in wrong hands.</p>

<p>The move comes after the US increased pressure on Pakistan to move decisively against all militants groups allegedly operating from its soil.</p>


Islamabad banned companies and individuals from making donations to the JuD, FIF and other outfits

Pakistan today said that those providing funds to banned groups, including the so-called charities run by Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, will face up to 10 years in prison along with a hefty fine. The warning was part of a countrywide advertisement in Urdu, which has been published in all major local newspapers of the country. The advertisement lists 72 groups, including Jamat-ud- Dawa, Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation and Lashkar-e-Tabia of Saeed and Jaish-e-Mohammad of Masood Azhar. It said that according to Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 of Pakistan and under UN Security Council act of 1948 it was a crime to provide funding to those groups which have been banned or are on the watchlist. Those giving funds to such individuals or groups may face "five to 10 years in jail or up to Rs 10 million fine or both", it said. Their movable or immovable property can also be confiscated. Pakistan has banned Saeed-led JuD and FIF from collecting donations on Monday, after President Donald Trump accused Islamabad of giving nothing to the US but "lies and deceit" and providing "safe haven" to terrorists. Trump, in a scathing tweet, at the start of the new year said that Pakistan fooled American authorities and got USD 33 billion in the name of fighting terrorism. The government has banned companies and individuals from making donations to the JuD, the FIF and other organisations on the UNSC sanctions list. The advertisement reminds the people that they should make sure that their money given as charity does not end up in wrong hands. The move comes after the US increased pressure on Pakistan to move decisively against all militants groups allegedly operating from its soil.

Those funding Hafiz Saeed, Azhar outfits will face 10 years in jail: Pakistan

<p>Can China be a trusted ally in the global war against terrorism? The question assumes significance as China continues&nbsp;giving steadfast protection to the chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad Masood Azhar. The country has gone so far as to prevent&nbsp;the United Nations Security Council from declaring Masood Azhar as a global terrorist.</p>

<p>India has accused the JeM and its top leader, Masood Azhar, of masterminding several attacks, including a deadly assault on an Indian air base in January last year. Six Indian soldiers, as well as five gunmen who stormed the Pathankot airbase, were killed.</p>

<p>China&rsquo;s opposition to proscribing Azhar is perplexing given that Jaish-e-Mohammad has already been blacklisted by the 15-nation Security Council of which China is one of the five permanent members. If China is party to the decision to outlaw JeM, then its decision not to let its leader bracket in the same category is beyond any logic.</p>

<p>It is high time the United Nations reconsider its original charter which gives veto power to five permanent members under which any one permanent nation can prevent the adoption of any substantive resolution. The rule of the majority of the five permanent members should follow. Otherwise, the international community will always be found wanting in its fight against terrorism due to double standards by some countries.</p>

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<p>This is the second time in as many years that China has blocked a combined bid by the United States, France and the United Kingdom to declare Azhar a global terrorist saying &ldquo;there is no consensus&rdquo; in the 1267 Committee of the UN Security Council. &nbsp;Where is the question of consensus if one country (read China) continues with its unwavering support for a dreaded terrorist like Azhar just only to please its ally Pakistan? Evidently, China is the lone wolf in the Security Council.</p>

<p>Last year also, it was the odd nation out in the 15-member Security Council to thwart India&rsquo;s bid to place Azhar on the 1267 sanctions list that would have entailed his travel ban and freezing of assets. India&rsquo;s application had the approval of all the other 14 members of the Security Council. Needless to say, China is misusing its veto power.</p>

<p>China&rsquo;s support for Azhar, therefore, raises suspicion about its commitment to fight terrorism. Barely a few months ago, it was a signatory to the Xiamen Declaration which had called upon the international community to establish a &quot;genuinely broad&quot; international counter-terrorism coalition. Not only that, it was also a party to a decision of the five-member BRICS nations summit which called for decisive action against militant groups based in Pakistan terming them as a security concern in the region.</p>

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<p>The groups named in the declaration included Taliban, (Islamic State), Al-Qaeda and its affiliates, including Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Haqqani network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e Mohammad, TTP and Hizb ut-Tahrir. Both Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad are anti-India groups based in Pakistan and have routinely carried out militant attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere in the country.</p>

<p>India has accused LeT of carrying out the deadly terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008 in which at least 166 people were killed. JeM is also accused of masterminding the audacious attack on Indian Parliament in 2001. Masood Azhar is undoubtedly the prized asset for Pakistan. Not only has he meticulously planned several terrorist attacks against India, he has succeeded in creating an army of jihadis who are ready to lay down their lives at his command.</p>

<p>His importance lies in the fact that&nbsp;Pakistan government along with its army and notorious Inter-Services Intelligence had made several attempts to get him released from a jail after he was arrested in Kashmir in 1994. Five years later, the Indian government was forced to release him and two others - Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar and Omar Sheikh -&nbsp;in exchange for the safe release of passengers of the Indian Airlines flight -814 which was hijacked and taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan.</p>

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<p>If Azhar is declared a global terrorist, the government of Pakistan will be forced to arrest him and seize his assets. This is something the government does not want for two main reasons. Azhar has in the past threatened the government of violence if it made any such misadventure. Secondly, he enjoys the support of the Pakistani army.</p>

<p>Therefore, the Pakistani establishment is cagey while taking any action against him, because it does not have the spine to challenge its own army. China, too, understands the predicament of its all-weather ally. &nbsp;Therefore, it has been repeatedly blocking any attempt to outlaw Azhar even at the expense of its own image. For, China has in the past made several statements that there should be no double standards on counter-terrorism. China&rsquo;s action belies its alleged commitment against terrorism.</p>

<p>It should be understood that China has its own compulsions as far as protecting Azhar is concerned. It is more to do with returning favours to Pakistan. Pakistan has in the past come to the rescue of China in the powerful Organisation of Islamic Cooperation which was critical of the latter&rsquo;s repression of the Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang province.</p>

<p>In the last two years, hundreds have died in unrest in Xinjiang. Activists have accused China of curtailing commercial as well as cultural activities of Uighur. In fact, a 2013 report of the Amnesty International was highly critical of China&rsquo;s handling of the situation in Xinjiang. It said authorities criminalised &ldquo;what they labelled &lsquo;illegal religious&rsquo; and &lsquo;separatist&rsquo; activities&rdquo; and clamped down on &ldquo;peaceful expressions of cultural identity.&rdquo;</p>

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<p>As far as terrorism is concerned, China&rsquo;s definition is completely at variant with the world. While the world recognises the exiled Dalai Lama as the Tibetan spiritual leader, China considers him as a &ldquo;dangerous separatist&rdquo;. The Nobel Peace Prize recipient, who fled into exile in India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, has repeatedly said that he is simply seeking genuine autonomy for his homeland.</p>

<p>China is accused of turning a blind eye to more than 150 Tibetans who have publicly immolated themselves over the years. Beijing is miffed with New Delhi for allowing Dalai Lama live in India. And that is also one of the reasons why it has been stonewalling New Delhi&rsquo;s attempts to sanction Azhar to get even with it.</p>

<p>It is amply clear that China does not want to walk along with the rest of the world in the fight against terrorism. It chooses to define terrorists according to its own understanding as has been the case with Pakistan. It is high time China realises the perils of differentiating between terrorists. Otherwise, it risks global isolation.</p>

<p><em>(Disclaimer: The author writes here in a personal capacity).</em></p>


China risks global isolation if it does not realises the perils of differentiating between the terrorists

Can China be a trusted ally in the global war against terrorism? The question assumes significance as China continues giving steadfast protection to the chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad Masood Azhar. The country has gone so far as to prevent the United Nations Security Council from declaring Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. India has accused the JeM and its top leader, Masood Azhar, of masterminding several attacks, including a deadly assault on an Indian air base in January last year. Six Indian soldiers, as well as five gunmen who stormed the Pathankot airbase, were killed. China’s opposition to proscribing Azhar is perplexing given that Jaish-e-Mohammad has already been blacklisted by the 15-nation Security Council of which China is one of the five permanent members. If China is party to the decision to outlaw JeM, then its decision not to let its leader bracket in the same category is beyond any logic. It is high time the United Nations reconsider its original charter which gives veto power to five permanent members under which any one permanent nation can prevent the adoption of any substantive resolution. The rule of the majority of the five permanent members should follow. Otherwise, the international community will always be found wanting in its fight against terrorism due to double standards by some countries. China is the lone wolf in the Security Council. × This is the second time in as many years that China has blocked a combined bid by the United States, France and the United Kingdom to declare Azhar a global terrorist saying “there is no consensus” in the 1267 Committee of the UN Security Council. Where is the question of consensus if one country (read China) continues with its unwavering support for a dreaded terrorist like Azhar just only to please its ally Pakistan? Evidently, China is the lone wolf in the Security Council. Last year also, it was the odd nation out in the 15-member Security Council to thwart India’s bid to place Azhar on the 1267 sanctions list that would have entailed his travel ban and freezing of assets. India’s application had the approval of all the other 14 members of the Security Council. Needless to say, China is misusing its veto power. China’s support for Azhar, therefore, raises suspicion about its commitment to fight terrorism. Barely a few months ago, it was a signatory to the Xiamen Declaration which had called upon the international community to establish a "genuinely broad" international counter-terrorism coalition. Not only that, it was also a party to a decision of the five-member BRICS nations summit which called for decisive action against militant groups based in Pakistan terming them as a security concern in the region. Both Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad are anti-India groups based in Pakistan and have routinely carried out militant attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere in the country. × The groups named in the declaration included Taliban, (Islamic State), Al-Qaeda and its affiliates, including Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Haqqani network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e Mohammad, TTP and Hizb ut-Tahrir. Both Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad are anti-India groups based in Pakistan and have routinely carried out militant attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere in the country. India has accused LeT of carrying out the deadly terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008 in which at least 166 people were killed. JeM is also accused of masterminding the audacious attack on Indian Parliament in 2001. Masood Azhar is undoubtedly the prized asset for Pakistan. Not only has he meticulously planned several terrorist attacks against India, he has succeeded in creating an army of jihadis who are ready to lay down their lives at his command. His importance lies in the fact that Pakistan government along with its army and notorious Inter-Services Intelligence had made several attempts to get him released from a jail after he was arrested in Kashmir in 1994. Five years later, the Indian government was forced to release him and two others - Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar and Omar Sheikh - in exchange for the safe release of passengers of the Indian Airlines flight -814 which was hijacked and taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan. If Azhar is declared a global terrorist, the government of Pakistan will be forced to arrest him and seize his assets. × If Azhar is declared a global terrorist, the government of Pakistan will be forced to arrest him and seize his assets. This is something the government does not want for two main reasons. Azhar has in the past threatened the government of violence if it made any such misadventure. Secondly, he enjoys the support of the Pakistani army. Therefore, the Pakistani establishment is cagey while taking any action against him, because it does not have the spine to challenge its own army. China, too, understands the predicament of its all-weather ally. Therefore, it has been repeatedly blocking any attempt to outlaw Azhar even at the expense of its own image. For, China has in the past made several statements that there should be no double standards on counter-terrorism. China’s action belies its alleged commitment against terrorism. It should be understood that China has its own compulsions as far as protecting Azhar is concerned. It is more to do with returning favours to Pakistan. Pakistan has in the past come to the rescue of China in the powerful Organisation of Islamic Cooperation which was critical of the latter’s repression of the Muslim Uighur community in Xinjiang province. In the last two years, hundreds have died in unrest in Xinjiang. Activists have accused China of curtailing commercial as well as cultural activities of Uighur. In fact, a 2013 report of the Amnesty International was highly critical of China’s handling of the situation in Xinjiang. It said authorities criminalised “what they labelled ‘illegal religious’ and ‘separatist’ activities” and clamped down on “peaceful expressions of cultural identity.” China does not want to walk along with the rest of the world in the fight against terrorism. × As far as terrorism is concerned, China’s definition is completely at variant with the world. While the world recognises the exiled Dalai Lama as the Tibetan spiritual leader, China considers him as a “dangerous separatist”. The Nobel Peace Prize recipient, who fled into exile in India in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, has repeatedly said that he is simply seeking genuine autonomy for his homeland. China is accused of turning a blind eye to more than 150 Tibetans who have publicly immolated themselves over the years. Beijing is miffed with New Delhi for allowing Dalai Lama live in India. And that is also one of the reasons why it has been stonewalling New Delhi’s attempts to sanction Azhar to get even with it. It is amply clear that China does not want to walk along with the rest of the world in the fight against terrorism. It chooses to define terrorists according to its own understanding as has been the case with Pakistan. It is high time China realises the perils of differentiating between terrorists. Otherwise, it risks global isolation. (Disclaimer: The author writes here in a personal capacity).

Opinion: China drags its feet on fight against terror

<p>One of the three militants killed in the Pulwama encounter Monday has been identified as the nephew of the Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar.&nbsp;</p>

<p>A JeM spokesperson identified the nephew as Talha Rasheed.&nbsp;</p>

<p>He said Rasheed was a divisional commander.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The JeM spokesman identified the other two militants killed as Divisional Commander Muhammad Bhai, a non-local, and Waseem, a resident of Drubgam in Pulwama.&nbsp;</p>

<p>An armyman -- Lance Naik Vrahma Pal Singh -- was also killed in the encounter. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>A civilian was also injured in the gunfight.</p>

<p>Two AK-47s and a pistol were recovered from the encounter site.</p>

<p>Troops of the 182 and 183 battalion Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), and Jammu and Kashmir Police were carrying out a cordon and search operation (CASO) in the area when the encounter broke out, ANI reported.</p>


An armyman -- Lance Naik Vrahma Pal Singh -- was also killed in the encounter

One of the three militants killed in the Pulwama encounter Monday has been identified as the nephew of the Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. A JeM spokesperson identified the nephew as Talha Rasheed. He said Rasheed was a divisional commander. One of the three terrorists killed in encounter in #Pulwama's Aglar Kandi yesterday is Talha Rasheed, nephew of Masood Azhar, says JeM spox — ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2017 × The JeM spokesman identified the other two militants killed as Divisional Commander Muhammad Bhai, a non-local, and Waseem, a resident of Drubgam in Pulwama. An armyman -- Lance Naik Vrahma Pal Singh -- was also killed in the encounter. Naik Vrahma Pal Singh. (ANI) × A civilian was also injured in the gunfight. Two AK-47s and a pistol were recovered from the encounter site. Troops of the 182 and 183 battalion Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), and Jammu and Kashmir Police were carrying out a cordon and search operation (CASO) in the area when the encounter broke out, ANI reported.

Pulwama encounter: Masood Azhar's nephew among 3 militants killed

<p>Two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) hideouts were today busted by security forces in Tral area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.</p>

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<p>A police official said &quot;two major Jaish hideouts were busted by security forces at Naristan in Tral area,&quot; and that the search operations were still going on.</p>

<p>The official said that the details of the operation would be given once it is completed.&nbsp;</p>

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Two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) hideouts were today busted by security forces in Tral area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir. J&K: Two Jaish e Mohammad hideouts busted by security forces in Tral. Search operation continues — ANI (@ANI) October 27, 2017 × J&K: Two Jaish e Mohammad hideouts busted by security forces in Tral. Search operation continues pic.twitter.com/CPfYwcnlxt — ANI (@ANI) October 27, 2017 × A police official said "two major Jaish hideouts were busted by security forces at Naristan in Tral area," and that the search operations were still going on. The official said that the details of the operation would be given once it is completed.

J&K: 2 JeM hideouts busted by security forces in Pulwama

<p>Egypt will initiate a trial against 292 jihadist suspects for plotting to assassinate&nbsp;President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the Saudi crown prince.</p>

<p>The suspects are also accused of launching a series of deadly attacks in the Sinai peninsula, a prosecution official said on Sunday.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The undertrials, who have alleged links with Islamic State terrorist organisation in the Middle East, have been involved in leading an insurrection in the Sinai.</p>

<p>All the 292 suspects were involved in the assassination plots to kill Sisi and the Saudi Prince, the official said, of which&nbsp;66 have confessed to their role during intense interrogations.</p>

<p>Two plots were made to kill Sisi -- one when he was in a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia and the other time was in Cairo.</p>

<p>The suspects allegedly also planned to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in the Gulf kingdom and five Egyptian judges.</p>

<p>The prosecution official did not elaborate on the plan.</p>

<p>Most of the suspects are disgruntled former police officers who were dismissed for following jihadist ideology.</p>

<p>The prosecution also accuses the suspects of attacking army and police checkpoints and bases in the Sinai, and of responsibility for a February 2014 attack on a bus carrying South Korean tourists in the south Sinai tourist resort of Taba that killed three holidaymakers.</p>

<p>The army has been battling an Islamist insurgency in northern Sinai which escalated after the military overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.</p>

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Egypt will initiate a trial against 292 jihadist suspects for plotting to assassinate President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the Saudi crown prince. The suspects are also accused of launching a series of deadly attacks in the Sinai peninsula, a prosecution official said on Sunday. The undertrials, who have alleged links with Islamic State terrorist organisation in the Middle East, have been involved in leading an insurrection in the Sinai. All the 292 suspects were involved in the assassination plots to kill Sisi and the Saudi Prince, the official said, of which 66 have confessed to their role during intense interrogations. Two plots were made to kill Sisi -- one when he was in a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia and the other time was in Cairo. The suspects allegedly also planned to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef in the Gulf kingdom and five Egyptian judges. The prosecution official did not elaborate on the plan. Most of the suspects are disgruntled former police officers who were dismissed for following jihadist ideology. The prosecution also accuses the suspects of attacking army and police checkpoints and bases in the Sinai, and of responsibility for a February 2014 attack on a bus carrying South Korean tourists in the south Sinai tourist resort of Taba that killed three holidaymakers. The army has been battling an Islamist insurgency in northern Sinai which escalated after the military overthrew Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013. (WION with inputs from AFP)

Militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad calls Donald Trump a 'man of bad character'

<p>Two local Jaish-e-Mohammad militants have been arrested in Kanispora area of Baramulla district in &nbsp;India&#39;s northern Jammu and Kashmir state amid a crackdown on terrorism, Indian news agency ANI reported.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The militants were nabbed during a joint search operation launched last night by Indian Army&#39;s 52 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group (SOG) Baramulla. Ammunition besides an AK 47, a pistol and grenades were recovered from them, including Jaish and Hizbul Mujahideen stamps, the news agency said.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>In another breakthrough for Indian security agencies, a Pakistani spy was arrested in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir.The spy named Bodh Raj was held while he was trying to escape. &nbsp;A map showing deployment of forces and two Pakistani SIM cards were also seized from him.</p>

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<p>&quot;This is a major breakthrough so far as national security is concerned and the arrest of some more persons is also likely in the days to come,&quot; the Samba police said in a statement, according to ANI.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The Samba district police said that based on the information received from military intelligence with regard to the involvement of Bodh Raj for his espionage activities and passing on vital information regarding deployment and movement of security forces to Pakistan, a special operation was conducted to nab him in the border area of Ramgarh.</p>

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<p>Tensions continue to fester between India and Pakistan. On Friday, India&#39;s Border Security Force said that one terrorist and seven Pakistan Rangers were killed in Kathua district of J&amp;K. BSF said it was retaliating to a sniper attack by Pakistan.&nbsp;</p>

<p>(WION with inputs from ANI)&nbsp;</p>


Amid a crackdown on terror, the militants were nabbed during a joint search operation launched last night

Two local Jaish-e-Mohammad militants have been arrested in Kanispora area of Baramulla district in India's northern Jammu and Kashmir state amid a crackdown on terrorism, Indian news agency ANI reported. The militants were nabbed during a joint search operation launched last night by Indian Army's 52 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group (SOG) Baramulla. Ammunition besides an AK 47, a pistol and grenades were recovered from them, including Jaish and Hizbul Mujahideen stamps, the news agency said. J&K: Two Jaish e Mohammad terrorists arrested in Baramulla, ammunition including one AK-47 and one pistol seized — ANI (@ANI_news) October 22, 2016 × In another breakthrough for Indian security agencies, a Pakistani spy was arrested in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir.The spy named Bodh Raj was held while he was trying to escape. A map showing deployment of forces and two Pakistani SIM cards were also seized from him. "This is a major breakthrough so far as national security is concerned and the arrest of some more persons is also likely in the days to come," the Samba police said in a statement, according to ANI. The Samba district police said that based on the information received from military intelligence with regard to the involvement of Bodh Raj for his espionage activities and passing on vital information regarding deployment and movement of security forces to Pakistan, a special operation was conducted to nab him in the border area of Ramgarh. Tensions continue to fester between India and Pakistan. On Friday, India's Border Security Force said that one terrorist and seven Pakistan Rangers were killed in Kathua district of J&K. BSF said it was retaliating to a sniper attack by Pakistan. (WION with inputs from ANI)

Indian Army captures two Jaish-e-Mohammad militants in Kashmir, Pak spy arrested in Samba

<p>Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar has urged Pakistan to show &quot;courage&quot; by allowing jihadi&nbsp;fighters to enter Kashmir and &quot;resolve the issue once and for all&quot;.</p>

<p>In a column published on the front page of the Jaish mouthpiece al-Qalam, Azhar wrote Islamabad&#39;s pro-jihad policy in Kashmir in the 1990s had weakened India&#39;s military capability, saying it had been reduced&nbsp;from a &quot;serpent to an earthworm&quot;.</p>

<p>Jaish-e-Mohammad, a jihadist organisation determined to liberate Kashmir from India, has been blamed by New Delhi for waging the deadly attack on an Indian Army installation in Uri, Kashmir, on September 18.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Azhar&nbsp;also slammed the Pakistani establishment for its recent dithering policies.</p>

<p>He said Pakistan, not India, should have &quot;cancelled the SAARC conference&quot;.</p>

<p>Azhar&#39;s exhortations come days after reports emerged about friction between the civilian government and the army over the latter&#39;s seemingly pro-jihadi policies.</p>

<p>According to a recent report penned by Dawn&#39;s Cyril Almeida, the civilian government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had asked the army to not protect Azhar and Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi.</p>

<p>But Azhar in his column stressed that allowing jihadi groups to enter Kashmir would put India under pressure, saying the &quot;bitter memories of 1971&quot; would be &quot;dissolved into the triumphant emotions of 2016&quot;.&nbsp;</p>

<p>He said the Indian army was not particularly strong, as evidenced by the Pathankot and Uri attacks on Indian Army installations, which killed three and 18 security personnel respectively. &quot;What remained of its military prowess was exposed in Pathankot and Uri,&rdquo; he wrote.&nbsp;</p>

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Masood Azhar slams Islamabad for going soft on India, days after the government reportedly asked the army to swoop on homegrown jihadis

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar has urged Pakistan to show "courage" by allowing jihadi fighters to enter Kashmir and "resolve the issue once and for all". In a column published on the front page of the Jaish mouthpiece al-Qalam, Azhar wrote Islamabad's pro-jihad policy in Kashmir in the 1990s had weakened India's military capability, saying it had been reduced from a "serpent to an earthworm". Jaish-e-Mohammad, a jihadist organisation determined to liberate Kashmir from India, has been blamed by New Delhi for waging the deadly attack on an Indian Army installation in Uri, Kashmir, on September 18. Azhar also slammed the Pakistani establishment for its recent dithering policies. He said Pakistan, not India, should have "cancelled the SAARC conference". Azhar's exhortations come days after reports emerged about friction between the civilian government and the army over the latter's seemingly pro-jihadi policies. According to a recent report penned by Dawn's Cyril Almeida, the civilian government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had asked the army to not protect Azhar and Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi. But Azhar in his column stressed that allowing jihadi groups to enter Kashmir would put India under pressure, saying the "bitter memories of 1971" would be "dissolved into the triumphant emotions of 2016". He said the Indian army was not particularly strong, as evidenced by the Pathankot and Uri attacks on Indian Army installations, which killed three and 18 security personnel respectively. "What remained of its military prowess was exposed in Pathankot and Uri,” he wrote. (WION)

Jaish chief tells Pakistan to let militants enter Kashmir and 'resolve issue'

Afghanistan has sought more military supplies from India including attack helicopters as it stepped up its offensive last week against terror groups killing 300 Islamic State terrorists, the top US and NATO commander in the war-ravaged country said today.<br />
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General John Nicholson said India has been making &quot;enormouslyy valuable&quot; contribution in strengthening Afghan security forces and the US favours the military support.<br />
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India has already provided four Mi-25 helicopters to Afghanistan and US Commander said the country needs more military aircraft to deal with Taliban and various other terror outfits.<br />
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Welcoming India&#39;s contribution to restoring peace and stability in Afghanistan, Nicholson said terror outfits like the Haqqani network, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad are not only a threat to Afghanistan but to the region, including India, and the US was putting pressure on Pakistan to contain these groups.<br />
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He said the Taliban also &quot;enjoys sanctuaries&quot; in Pakistan. &quot;We consistently encourage Pakistan to take action against terrorist groups that operate from its territory and close down their safe havens,&quot; he told journalists.<br />
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Nicholson, who heads the US operations in Afghanistan, met India&#39;s national security adviser Ajit Doval, foreign secretary S Jaishankar and defence secretary G Mohan Kumar and discussed a range of issues including situation in Afghanistan and terror threat to the region.<br />
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The US commander said Afghan forces, supported by the US, had launched a major offensive against Islamic State terror outfit two weeks back in which around 300 IS fighters were killed.<br />
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&quot;In the course of the operation they killed a number of top leaders of the organisation and upto 300 of their fighters. Obviously it&#39;s difficult to get an exact count, but what this amounts to is about 25 per cent of the organisation at least, and so this represents a severe setback for them. It reduced their territory,&quot; he said.<br />
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The US Commander said military training by India to thousands of Afghan security personnel has helped that country in significantly enhancing its military capability which is in tune with the objective of the NATO and the US.<br />
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Welcoming India's contribution to Afghanistan, Nicholson said terror outfits like Lashkar-e-Toiba are a threat to the entire region

Afghanistan has sought more military supplies from India including attack helicopters as it stepped up its offensive last week against terror groups killing 300 Islamic State terrorists, the top US and NATO commander in the war-ravaged country said today. General John Nicholson said India has been making "enormouslyy valuable" contribution in strengthening Afghan security forces and the US favours the military support. India has already provided four Mi-25 helicopters to Afghanistan and US Commander said the country needs more military aircraft to deal with Taliban and various other terror outfits. Welcoming India's contribution to restoring peace and stability in Afghanistan, Nicholson said terror outfits like the Haqqani network, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad are not only a threat to Afghanistan but to the region, including India, and the US was putting pressure on Pakistan to contain these groups. He said the Taliban also "enjoys sanctuaries" in Pakistan. "We consistently encourage Pakistan to take action against terrorist groups that operate from its territory and close down their safe havens," he told journalists. Nicholson, who heads the US operations in Afghanistan, met India's national security adviser Ajit Doval, foreign secretary S Jaishankar and defence secretary G Mohan Kumar and discussed a range of issues including situation in Afghanistan and terror threat to the region. The US commander said Afghan forces, supported by the US, had launched a major offensive against Islamic State terror outfit two weeks back in which around 300 IS fighters were killed. "In the course of the operation they killed a number of top leaders of the organisation and upto 300 of their fighters. Obviously it's difficult to get an exact count, but what this amounts to is about 25 per cent of the organisation at least, and so this represents a severe setback for them. It reduced their territory," he said. The US Commander said military training by India to thousands of Afghan security personnel has helped that country in significantly enhancing its military capability which is in tune with the objective of the NATO and the US. (PTI)

US favours India's military support to Afghanistan: General John Nicholson

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