WASHINGTON: The US has praised India for its vital counter-terrorism movements and said Pakistan-based terror groups persisted their terror assaults within the nation.
In its annual 'Country Report on Terrorism', as mandated by means of the Congress, the State Department on Wednesday said the Indian management has expressed unravel to forestall terrorist assaults regionally and to convey to justice the perpetrators of terrorism, in cooperation with the USA and different like-minded countries.
The parts of India severely impacted by means of terrorism in 2017 integrated Jammu and Kashmir, the northeast Indian states, and parts of central India wherein Maoists remain energetic, it said.
"India continued to experience attacks, including by Pakistan-based terrorist organisations as well as tribal and Maoist insurgents. Indian authorities blamed Pakistan for cross-border attacks in the state of Jammu and Kashmir," the document said.
India, the document said, persisted to apply sustained force to locate, disrupt and degrade terror operations inside its borders.
Over the course of 2017, India sought to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation and information sharing with the USA, together with through the first-ever Designations Dialogue held in Delhi in December, it said.
In the same 12 months, India and the USA pledged to fortify cooperation in opposition to terrorist threats from groups, together with al-Qaida, ISIS, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Toiba and D-Company, it said.
During a June 2017 summit, President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed officers to ascertain a brand new mechanism for cooperation on terrorist designations.
The document additional said the Indian government intently monitored the domestic risk from transnational terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaida.
The State Department praised India for its vital counter terrorism movements.
Citing an instance of a significant counter-terrorism law enforcement motion by means of India, it said the police arrested Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Mohammad Idris from a hideout in Kolkata on March eight.
Idris used to be allegedly concerned within the July 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.
In its annual 'Country Report on Terrorism', as mandated by means of the Congress, the State Department on Wednesday said the Indian management has expressed unravel to forestall terrorist assaults regionally and to convey to justice the perpetrators of terrorism, in cooperation with the USA and different like-minded countries.
The parts of India severely impacted by means of terrorism in 2017 integrated Jammu and Kashmir, the northeast Indian states, and parts of central India wherein Maoists remain energetic, it said.
"India continued to experience attacks, including by Pakistan-based terrorist organisations as well as tribal and Maoist insurgents. Indian authorities blamed Pakistan for cross-border attacks in the state of Jammu and Kashmir," the document said.
India, the document said, persisted to apply sustained force to locate, disrupt and degrade terror operations inside its borders.
Over the course of 2017, India sought to deepen counter-terrorism cooperation and information sharing with the USA, together with through the first-ever Designations Dialogue held in Delhi in December, it said.
In the same 12 months, India and the USA pledged to fortify cooperation in opposition to terrorist threats from groups, together with al-Qaida, ISIS, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Toiba and D-Company, it said.
During a June 2017 summit, President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed officers to ascertain a brand new mechanism for cooperation on terrorist designations.
The document additional said the Indian government intently monitored the domestic risk from transnational terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaida.
The State Department praised India for its vital counter terrorism movements.
Citing an instance of a significant counter-terrorism law enforcement motion by means of India, it said the police arrested Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Mohammad Idris from a hideout in Kolkata on March eight.
Idris used to be allegedly concerned within the July 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.
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