Pakistan home to 12 foreign terrorist organisations: report
The Hindu
Congressional Research Service report categories groups into five types — globally-oriented, Afghanistan oriented, India - and Kashmir-oriented, domestically oriented, and Sectarian (anti-Shia).
Pakistan is home to at least 12 groups designated as ‘foreign terrorist organisations’, including five of them being India-centric like and Jaish-e-Mohammed, according to a latest Congressional report on terrorism.
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