US bans four more key Indian terror outfits

[Guest mehtab]

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US bans four more key Indian terror outfits

Washington: Stepping up its war against terror, the US has designated as terrorist organisations four more outfits operating in India, including two Naxalite groups and Babbar Khalsa International.

The Naxalite groups brought under the terrorist list are Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) and People's War Group (PWG), whose activists are mainly operating in Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

Besides Babbar Khalsa International, one more Sikh outfit, International Sikh Youth Federation, has been added to the Terrorist Exclusion List, the State Department, which released its annual report on Patterns of Global Terrorism, said on Thursday.

Being listed as a terrorist group means that the State Department has identified the group as practicing, or it has significant subgroups that practice international terrorism. Members of such outfits, if found in the US, would be deported.

The US has already designated as terrorist groups Al-Badr Mujahideen, Harkt-ul-Jihad-e-Islami, Hizbul Mujahideen and Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, the outfits active in Jammu and Kashmir.

The terrorism report also retained Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Toiba, all active in Jammu and Kashmir, in the list of Foreign Terrorist Organisations. Pakist

an-based groups like Hizbul Majahideen and Jaish-e-Mohammed, and other Kashmiri outfits operating in Jammu and Kashmir continued to carry out attacks in the state even as India remained an important US partner in the global war on terror, the report said.

"India continues to be the object of attacks by foreign-based and Kashmiri groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir," said the report.

Nevertheless, it said Indian counter-terrorism authorities could point to significant progress in areas of legislation, finance and investigation.

The report said that India remained an important US partner in the global war on terror, and "the US hopes to continue to strengthen this relationship."

It said the Indian Government stepped up its efforts to counter the activities of various groups.

"In Jammu and Kashmir, killings of civilians by foreign-based and Kashmiri militant groups continued, including the murder of numerous political leaders and party workers," the report said.

[S1ngh]

What about RSS or BJP??? Maybe someone should start campaign to get these organizations banned and declared as terrorists..

[JSingh]

What about RSS or BJP??? Maybe someone should start campaign to get these organizations banned and declared as terrorists..

It won't happen Vicky Singh. These organizations are "Government Supported". Indian gov't is with them? What u think of US??? We don't know what's going on in politics. We have no idea how hard and how Indian Gov't convinced US to delcare Babbar Khalsa and ISYF as terrorist organizations.