US, India agree to stave off Lashkar, Jaish threat

In a meeting between American National Security Adviser Susan Rice and India’s Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the White House Washington on Tuesday, the two affirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral cooperation on climate change, trade, and defense.

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A press release issued from the White House after their meeting said the two officials also discussed US-India collaboration against terrorist groups.

“They also discussed US-India collaboration against LeT, JeM, and other terrorist threats.”

Building on commitments from their respective leaders, they agreed to “deepen their close collaboration” against the terrorist threat.



India has blamed the two banned groups for orchestrating a number of terror attacks. It blames the LeT for orchestrating the Mumbai attacks in November 2008 which left 167 people dead.

It accuses the JeM of carrying out the recent attack on an air force base in Pathankot in Indian Punjab on January 2, 2016, which left at least eight people dead.

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The meeting was held to review preparations for the upcoming 50-nation Nuclear Security Summit due to be held in Washington from March 31-April 1.

Both, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are due to attend the summit.

Terror attacks from Pakistan ‘have gone up’

An Indian State Minister claimed on Wednesday that attacks from Pakistan-based terror outfits have gone up

Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, lower house of parliament, Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh said that his government had been making efforts to have a number of individuals and entities banned under the UN Security Council’s resolution 1267, IBN Live reported.

There has been a rise in attacks on India by Pakistan-based terrorists, government on Wednesday told the Lok Sabha, noting it has been making efforts to have a list of Pakistan-based terror networks and individuals banned by the UN including Hafiz Saeed, Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi, LeT and Jamaatud Dawa.

“The government continues to pursue imposition and strict monitoring of 1267 regime on various Pakistan-based individuals and terrorist organisations directing their activities against India,” Singh said.

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“Our concerns regarding anti-India terrorism emanating from Pakistan have been taken up with the international community and also bilaterally with Pakistan on a number of occasions.”

He added that concerns over recent terror incidents have been taken up with National Security Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua during a meeting in December 2015..

“The two NSAs have also been in touch with each other following Pathankot attack in January regarding the follow up by Pakistan on actionable information provided by India concerning the attack,” Singh said. Regarding some projects in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Singh said they had conveyed their concerns to Chinese officials at the highest levels.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 10^th, 2016.