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Terror infrastructure in Pakistan intact: Ministry

Vinay Kumar

Outfits are well organised: status paper

Indian youth being recruited by LeT
Youth trained in PoK being
re-launched in India

NEW DELHI: Terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) remain largely intact and continues to be used by Pakistan-based and Inter-Services Intelligence sponsored outfits such as the Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Al-Badr for carrying out acts of terror in different parts of India.

The Pakistan-based terrorist outfits are well organised, interlinked and have the latest hardware and communication equipment, warns the latest status paper on internal security, prepared by the Home Ministry.

The paper says the current strategy of these terrorist groups is to recruit and train local modules, and activate them when required; maintain continuous flow of finances to sustain the terror network; supply hardware through land and sea routes; target vital installations, economic infrastructure, VIPs and political leaders; attack soft targets like mass transit systems and places of worship and provoke communal tensions to create a wedge between communities.

Recent incidents suggest that the Jaish and the Lashkar use territory and elements in Bangladesh and Nepal for movement of men and material. The hand of Hujai-Bd is also noticed in some terror incidents, the status paper observes.

Taking note of the recruitment of Indian youth by the LeT and the Hujai-Bd, which has links with the LeT and the Jaish for training in Pakistan and PoK, it says that youth trained in PoK are being re-launched into India for sabotage and subversive activities.

Kashmir situation

On the overall security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the status paper, updated till January 1 2008, says there is a declining trend in the level of violence since 2001 and infiltration declining by 7 per cent in 2007 over 2006. However, the Lashkar, Jaish, Hizb and the Al-Badr continue to attack soft targets.

In 2007, security forces killed 472 terrorists, including 106 foreign terrorists, and arrested 400 terrorists.

Over 100 surrender

As many as 122 terrorists also surrendered last year, the paper says and adds that 110 security personnel and 158 civilians lost their lives in terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir.

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