Countries which support terrorism need to be "tackled" and terrorism is here to stay unless the world joins hands to end it, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Wednesday.
The US today asked Pakistan to take decisive action against terror groups, including the Taliban and the Haqqani network, operating from its soil.
The Trump administration believes that it is time to try something new other than maintaining strategic patience and offering inducements to Pakistan to prevent it becoming a safe haven for terrorists.
The White House has said it would announce specific actions against Pakistan this week to force it to crack down on terrorists on its soil
There has been a sharp spike in the number of young Kashmiris joining militant groups this year, with the number crossing 100 for the first time since such data started being collated in 2010.
The US and Pakistan have had a long history of good relations, but that relationship has really deteriorated over the past decade, he conceded.
A US media report listed 20 terror groups like LeT, JeM and HUM that Washington believes are operating from Pakistan soil to target India and Afghanistan. Top on the list is Haqqani network which US says has safe havens in Pakistan.
A top Trump administration official said the US "has not seen a significant change" in Pakistan's selective support to terror groups operating from its soil.
The promotion of sexual violence by the extremist group was a vital means of “attracting, retaining, mobilising and rewarding fighters” as well as punishing disbelievers
General Joseph Dunford said Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI has connections with terrorist groups and runs its own foreign policy.
US has told Pakistan that it must change its approach towards terror groups operating from its soil and take a "decisive action" against them
Hitting out at Pakistan for aiding and abetting terrorism, NDA’s vice presidential nominee Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday delivered a stern warning to Islamabad – “Recall what happened in 1971”
At their first meeting today, Prime Minister Narendra Mod and US President Donald Trump reiterated their commitment to cooperate in the final fight against terrorism
Brussels-based think-tank International Crisis Group has said that if Pakistan-based terror groups carry out another attack like that which killed large numbers of civilians in Mumbai in 2008, then it would be difficult for India to show restraint
US President Donald Trump has reportedly given CIA necessary authorisation to carry out drone strikes against terror groups, a move that could have implications for Pakistan.
An influential US lawmaker today said that Pakistan must crackdown on the terror groups like the LeT or handover terrorists to international tribunals for trials so that justice is served. "Pakistan needs to crackdown on
Signalling a tough approach against the backers of terror, James Mattis, US President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defence secretary, has said that if confirmed, he would tell Pakistan the need to "expel or neutralise" externally-focussed
Coming down hard on the Nawaz Sharif government for being soft on terror organisations, a Pakistan Supreme Court constituted commission has said that terror outfits operating in the country must be immediately banned
Washington: The US is deeply concerned about Pakistan's spy agency ISI's links with terrorist groups like dreaded Haqqani Network, Secretary of State John Kerry has said."I mean, the President, all of us, are deeply concerned
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