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December - 1 
An Additional District and Sessions Court in Jaipur (Rajasthan) announced on November 30 convictions of eight Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including three Pakistan nationals, for their involvement in terrorist activities in India, reports Th
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An Additional District and Sessions Court in Jaipur (Rajasthan) announced on November 30 convictions of eight Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including three Pakistan nationals, for their involvement in terrorist activities in India, reports The Tribune on December 2. The convicted Pakistani nationals identified as Asgar Ali, Shahid Iqbal and Shakkar Ulla had been lodged in various jails in Rajasthan and Punjab during their trial. The other convicted members were identified as Babu alias Niharchand Ali, Hafeez Abdul Masjid, Pawan Puri alias Raja, Arun Jain and Kabil. Reportedly, all were acting on the instructions of Walid alias Vicky, an LeT ‘commander’ based in Pakistan. The quantum of punishment will be announced on December 4, says the report.
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December - 1 
Police arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant in Handwara area of Kupwara District on December 1, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said that Affaq Ahmad Bhat alias Abu Huraira, a resident of Panditpura, was arrested by Handwara Polic
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Police arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant in Handwara area of Kupwara District on December 1, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said that Affaq Ahmad Bhat alias Abu Huraira, a resident of Panditpura, was arrested by Handwara Police after it acted on specific information about his presence in the village. Police said that Bhat was involved in providing logistic support to militant Abu Maaz of the LeT. “Handwara police has also busted two hideouts maintained by the said OGW Affaq,” said Police. “Huge cache of ammunition including one pistol, two pistol magazines, 11 pistol rounds, two wireless sets, one YSMS [pairing of smartphones with radio sets to send out short SMSs] set, four mobile sets, one UBGL [Under Barrel Grenade Launcher] thrower, one UBGL grenade, two AK magazines, 105 AK rounds, two compass, one Binocular, one Wire cutter, five battery chargers, 48 batteries, first aid (Made in Pakistan), medicines /cotton bandage, two cooking flames, one perfume, two maps, one jacket, two bags and cosmetics etc were recovered from the hideouts”, Police said.
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December - 2 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has picked up a man from his house in ward number one at Sareya in Gopalganj district, suspecting him to be a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, reports The Telegraph on December 3. His name surfaced du
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has picked up a man from his house in ward number one at Sareya in Gopalganj district, suspecting him to be a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, reports The Telegraph on December 3. His name surfaced during interrogation of alleged LeT operative Abdul Nayeem Sheikh, who was arrested from Varanasi in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh last week. Nayeem Sheikh reportedly told interrogators he had close links to a political activist in Gopalganj.
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December - 4 
The questioning of Abdul Naeem alias Headley 2, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, revealed that he went about his operations using a Hindu name, oneindia.com reports on December 5. Naeem said that he landed in Bihar and worked at a private firm under
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The questioning of Abdul Naeem alias Headley 2, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, revealed that he went about his operations using a Hindu name, oneindia.com reports on December 5. Naeem said that he landed in Bihar and worked at a private firm under a Hindu name. From Bihar he visited the Nepal border several times. He was trying to find an easy and safe route for the terrorists from Pakistan to sneak in and carry out the attack. An NIA official told that by using the Hindu name he went about his operations and this helped him conceal his identity and not get suspected.Naeem also said that he had visited several places in Agra, Varanasi, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar to gather information about possible targets. "During the first round of investigation Naeem had told the NIA that the initial plan was to launch me into India in 2011, but my handlers felt that it would be better if there was more cooling off period. In 2014, I was sent to Bangladesh and told to infiltrate into India. They felt that it would be easier for me to infiltrate through West Bengal. Things however did not go right and I was arrested as there was a look out notice for me in the Aurangabad case. When I was being taken to Mumbai from Kolkata, I realised the cops were complicit. I managed to escape from the train at Chhattisgarh. I left for Uttar Pradesh where I stayed underground for several months. Gradually I began contacting other operatives who were to be part of this big operation. I went around collecting information about military installations and other big tourist locations in Himachal Pradesh", Naeem had also told the NIA.
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December - 4 
Two militants and a soldier were killed in the Qazigund area of Kulgam District on December 4, reports Daily Excelsior. A group of militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) fired upon Army’s patrolling party at Bounigam in Qazigund on t
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Two militants and a soldier were killed in the Qazigund area of Kulgam District on December 4, reports Daily Excelsior. A group of militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) fired upon Army’s patrolling party at Bounigam in Qazigund on the National Highway, leaving three soldiers injured. One of the injured soldiers died later. The militants fled away after carrying out the attack and took shelter inside a building near the National Highway. As the Security Forces (SFs) intensified searches to trace out the hiding militants, they were fired upon, triggering an encounter. The firing between the two sides continued throughout the day. The SFs finally blasted off the building in which the militants had taken refuge. After searches of the debris were conducted following end of gun fire, two bodies of militants were recovered. However, they were not identified as yet. One of them is believed to be a local and another foreigner. One civilian was injured during the encounter. Another civilian was injured in pellet firing on stone pelters who had gathered in the area and pelted stones on the SFs who were conducting operation.
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December - 5 
Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Muneer Ahmad Khan, stated on December 5 that three bodies of militants were recovered from the debris of the building at Qazigund in Kulgam District where an encounter had taken place on December 4, reports Daily
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Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Muneer Ahmad Khan, stated on December 5 that three bodies of militants were recovered from the debris of the building at Qazigund in Kulgam District where an encounter had taken place on December 4, reports Daily Excelsior. [SATP had earlier reported that two militants were killed in the encounter.] He said that two of the slain militants were identified as Furqan and Maviya. Furqan was ‘divisional commander’ of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and had replaced Ismail in South Kashmir and was responsible for the recent attacks carried out by LeT in South Kashmir. The third killed militant was a local and was identified him as Yawar. Khan said that Yawar and Maviya were involved in the in the July 10, 2017, Amarnath yatra (pilgrimage) bus attack in Anantnag District in which eight pilgrims were killed and 19 others injured and almost all the militants involved in that attack are now dead. He further added one of the militant, identified as Rashid Ahmad Allai, arrested from Janglat Mandi maternity hospital in Anantnag District on December 4 (SATP had reported the arrest earlier) along with a Chinese pistol and live cartridges had joined the Yawar group of LeT. “Investigation conducted so far have established that he was with the three militants at the encounter site and managed to escape”, Police said.
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December - 5 
Meanwhile, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat asserted on December 5 that there will be no let up in the operations against militants in Kashmir, reports Daily Excelsior. “Operations in Kashmir are going on continuously and we are trying to bring a
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Meanwhile, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat asserted on December 5 that there will be no let up in the operations against militants in Kashmir, reports Daily Excelsior. “Operations in Kashmir are going on continuously and we are trying to bring an improvement in the situation in the Valley. Such operations will go on,” Rawat stated. Reacting to former Pakistan President General (retd) Parvez Musharraf’s statement welcoming an alliance with Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Hafiz Saeed for the 2018 general election in Pakistan, he said, “If they want to come into the system then why not the terrorist organisations which are present this (Indian) side participate and be part of the electoral process. How the neighbouring country deals with terrorist organisations is their matter but we will keep raising this,” Rawat said. We do not want that such organisations are promoted, he added.
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December - 6 
A Jaipur court on December 6, sentenced eight people, including three Pakistan nationals, to life imprisonment and imposed a penalty between INR 11,00,000 and INR 14,00,000 on each of them for being operatives of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and conspir
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A Jaipur court on December 6, sentenced eight people, including three Pakistan nationals, to life imprisonment and imposed a penalty between INR 11,00,000 and INR 14,00,000 on each of them for being operatives of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and conspiring to carry out terror activities in India, reports Indian Express. Earlier, on November 30, the court of Additional District Judge, Jaipur Metro, Pawan Kumar, had found three Pakistan nationals — Asghar Ali, Mohammad Iqbal and Shakarullah — and Rajasthan residents Babu alias Nishachandra Ali, Arun Kumar Jain, Hafiz Abdul Majeed, Qabil Khan and Pawan Puri guilty under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).According to the order, all eight were found guilty under sections 13 (unlawful activities), 18 (conspiracy), 18 B (recruiting persons for terrorist act) and 20 (being a member of terrorist gang or organisation) of the UAPA. Babu and Pawan Puri were also found guilty under section 17 of the Act “for raising funds for terrorist act”. “While Babu and Pawan were fined Rs 14 lakh each, the six others were fined Rs 11 lakh each,” Special Public Prosecutor Mahaveer Prasad Jindal said.
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December - 7 
A suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, Abdul Nayeem Sheikh, arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last week from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, had spent almost two years in Gopalganj District headquarters town in Bihar to build sleep
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A suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative, Abdul Nayeem Sheikh, arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last week from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, had spent almost two years in Gopalganj District headquarters town in Bihar to build sleeper cells of the banned terror outfit, telegraphindia.com reports on December 8. The revelation came to the fore during interrogation of Bedar Bakht alias Dhannu Raja, who was arrested from Sareya ward number 1 locality of Gopalganj town on November 30 this year.Dhannu reportedly told interrogators that he had provided shelter to Nayeem, who allegedly worked for LeT, in the house of one Id Mohammad at Purani Chowk in Gopalganj, around 145km northwest of Patna. Nayeem, considered close to 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Abu Jindal, had lived in Gopalganj from 2015 to March 2017. He procured Aadhaar card, passport and PAN (Permanent Account Number) number purportedly by submitting forged documents in which he introduced himself as Suhail Khan alias Mohammad Ali, a resident of Gopalganj ward number 19.Nayeem claimed that he completed his postgraduation from JP University, Chhapra. Prior to leaving Gopalganj, Nayeem used to run a private coaching institute there. He came in contact with a local resident, Prashant Kumar Rai, who reportedly helped him set up an English spoken coaching centre on Jadopur road in Gopalganj.
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December - 9 
Meanwhile, an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was arrested by SFs during operation in Handwara area of Kupwara District on December 9, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said that on a specific input, Handwara Police, 30RR and 92 Centr
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Meanwhile, an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was arrested by SFs during operation in Handwara area of Kupwara District on December 9, reports Daily Excelsior. Police said that on a specific input, Handwara Police, 30RR and 92 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a joint operation and arrested one OGW of LeT identified as Rayaz Ahmed Khan alias Bita Khan alias Baba son of Abdul Rashid Khan from his home at Hajin in Handwara area. SFs also destroyed one hideout in his house and recovered one AK 56 rifle, 2 magazines, 25 rounds of AK 56, one spare butt and one wire cutter from the hideout.
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December - 9 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which arrested suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Abdul Naeem Sheikh from Uttar Pradesh last month, has summoned a District Transport Officer (DTO) of Bihar for his alleged links with the terrorist, an
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which arrested suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Abdul Naeem Sheikh from Uttar Pradesh last month, has summoned a District Transport Officer (DTO) of Bihar for his alleged links with the terrorist, an official said, Hindustan Times reports on December 10. The NIA arrested Sheikh alias Nomi, 37, on November 28 from Charbagh bus stand in Lucknow in a joint operation with the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). The NIA official told they have summoned a DTO officer, identified as Diwakar Jha, posted in Bihar’s Buxar District, for questioning over his alleged links with Sheikh.According to the NIA official, Jha had inaugurated Sheikh’s coaching centre in Bihar’s Gopalganj District in 2015, when he was posted there. The official said the anti-terror probe agency has recovered some pictures of Jha with Sheikh. Sheikh, who is said to have done a recce of army and power installations in Jammu and Kashmir, was caught after he applied for a passport under a fictitious name. The NIA official said security agencies stumbled upon a lead to Sheikh after a man complained that his address was being used by the LeT operative for his passport.
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December - 10 
In their recent online propaganda, the Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF)—a charity wing of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has reached-out to Rohingya Muslim population in Rakhine State of Myanmar, reports The Indian Express on December 11. The FIF, with
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In their recent online propaganda, the Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF)—a charity wing of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has reached-out to Rohingya Muslim population in Rakhine State of Myanmar, reports The Indian Express on December 11. The FIF, with assistance from other Islamist groups are operating in the Rohingya refugee camps near the town of Cox’s Bazaar of Bangladesh, claimed Bangladesh’s intelligence official. The FIF’s operations could initiate a new phase of Myanmar conflict where terror groups become powerful with support of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA)—also known as Harakah al-Yakin (HaY), a local insurgent group active in Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar.
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December - 10 
Meanwhile, officials said that that suspected LeT operative Abdul Nayeem Sheikh, who was arrested from Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) in November 2017, had spent some time in south Kashmir and pictured some Army installations, Daily Excelsior reported on De
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Meanwhile, officials said that that suspected LeT operative Abdul Nayeem Sheikh, who was arrested from Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) in November 2017, had spent some time in south Kashmir and pictured some Army installations, Daily Excelsior reported on December 11. Sheikh, a resident of Aurangabad in Maharashtra, was on the radar of central intelligence agencies for quite some time before he was arrested with the help of Uttar Pradesh Police in the last week of November. During interrogation, Sheikh disclosed that he had stayed in Pulwama, moved to various places with the help of one Malik and even photographed some Army and para-military camps, the officials claimed. Sheikh, who was wanted in connection with a 2014 terror case and was since on the run, told investigators that some important power projects and railway tracks in the Valley were surveyed, they said.
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December - 10 
Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police are clamping down on self-radicalised youth influenced by ideologies of groups such as Islamic State (IS), HUJI-B and SIMI in several districts, India Today reports on December 11. "We are keeping a close tab on self-ra
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Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police are clamping down on self-radicalised youth influenced by ideologies of groups such as Islamic State (IS), HUJI-B and SIMI in several districts, India Today reports on December 11. "We are keeping a close tab on self-radicalised youth and their activities. We have arrested about 18-20 people in recent months and some are under close watch. All these youth and their groups are influenced by the ideologies of terror outfits like Islamic State, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), SIMI and HuJI of Bangladesh. Of late, Kerala-based PFI was on our radar and their monitoring has increased with their involvement in 'anti-national propaganda' on December 6. We're trying to assess the growth of such radicalised groups and their influence on youth and others in the state," said Anand Kumar, UP's additional director general of police (law and order). He added, "There are specific alerts and in recent times, nearly 14-15 terror modules have been busted." Some officials also gave vital leads to why UP Police are on their toes against terror groups operating from the state. "Starting from Azamgarh as the nerve centre for such terror ideologies threatening to influence minority-community youth to various pockets of western UP - Shamli, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Aligarh and Moradabad - UP Police have zeroed-in on Bijnore for strong SIMI links with locals," a source in UP PHQ told this correspondent.
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December - 11 
Further, giving details about the encounter at Unisoo village in Handwara area of Kupwara District in which three militants were killed on December 11, Police said, that acting on a specific input, Security Forces (SFs) launched a cordon and search o
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Further, giving details about the encounter at Unisoo village in Handwara area of Kupwara District in which three militants were killed on December 11, Police said, that acting on a specific input, Security Forces (SFs) launched a cordon and search operation in Mir Mohalla, reports Daily Excelsior. “During search operation, terrorists hiding in the house of Abdul Hamid Mir fired upon the joint search party,” an unnamed Police official said, adding that the fire was retaliated, ensuing an encounter. “Three unidentified terrorists of LeT [Lashkar-e-Toiba] were killed in this encounter. The identity of these terrorists is being ascertained. Three AK rifles along with other ammunition were recovered from the encounter site,” the spokesman added. Police said that five members of the family got trapped inside a house and one member believed to be daughter-in-law of the house owner tried to escape during which she sustained wounds and subsequently died. Soon after the encounter, protests broke out at Unisoo against the ‘killing’ of the woman, identified as Mysara.
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December - 11 
India-China-Russia trilateral, for the first time, called for cooperation to take decisive and concerted action against globally-proscribed terrorists and terror entities on December 11, reports Indian Express. Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma
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India-China-Russia trilateral, for the first time, called for cooperation to take decisive and concerted action against globally-proscribed terrorists and terror entities on December 11, reports Indian Express. Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, however, did not mention Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in the list of terror groups, although she mentioned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Taliban, Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda. In her bilateral meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, she stressed the need to meet more frequently and without any agenda to strengthen mutual trust. While the RIC statement is viewed positively, South Block sources said they do not expect any radical change in China’s behaviour.“We call for the swift and effective implementation of existing international commitments on countering terrorism, including the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, relevant UN Security Council resolutions and targeted sanctions relating to terrorism and the FATF International Standards worldwide. We agree to strengthen cooperation to take decisive and concerted actions against globally proscribed terrorists and terror entities. We condemn all forms of terrorism and all terrorists, terror entities and organisations listed by the UN Security Council,” said the joint statement issued after the trilateral meeting.
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December - 12 
As the nation remembers the 16th anniversary of a ‘horrific’ terrorist attack on Indian Parliament on December 13, 2001, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tribute to the martyrs of this attack, reports WION News on Decem
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As the nation remembers the 16th anniversary of a ‘horrific’ terrorist attack on Indian Parliament on December 13, 2001, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tribute to the martyrs of this attack, reports WION News on December 13. Around 14 people—including Security Forces (SFs) personnel and a civilian were killed when five heavily-armed terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) attacked and indiscriminately opened fire in the Parliament complex on December 13, 2001. Extensive investigations also revealed the involvement of four accused namely Afzal Guru, Shaukat Hussain, Syed Abdul Rahman (SAR) Geelani/Gilani and Navjot Sandhu for their roles in logistic services to the perpetrators of this attack. Among others, the remembrance ceremony was also attended by the Indian Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Minister of External Affairs (UMEA) Sushma Swaraj, and the Parliament Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
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December - 14 
West Bengal security agencies have launched raids in four districts bordering Bangladesh to arrest more than 70 touts involved in making Indian passports from fake voter IDs and Aadhaar cards for alleged Bangladeshi criminals and terror operatives sn
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West Bengal security agencies have launched raids in four districts bordering Bangladesh to arrest more than 70 touts involved in making Indian passports from fake voter IDs and Aadhaar cards for alleged Bangladeshi criminals and terror operatives sneaking into India, New Indian Express reports on December 15. According to sources, interrogation of four Bangladeshi nationals arrested recently at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at Kolkata revealed that over 70 touts in North 24 Parganas, Nadia, Murshidabad and Malda districts of West Bengal are involved in making passports for Bangladeshis with the help of fake Aadhaar and voter ID cards.Police sources revealed that most of the Bangladeshi applicants for Indian passports have criminal records at Bangladesh Police Stations and want to seek refuge in India to flee prosecution in their nation. The investigation has found that while many of these criminals have terror links, several others are on the radar of Islamic terror organisations who want to recruit them like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) recruited petty criminal Ajmal Kasab for the 26/11 (November 26, 2008) Mumbai attack. “The four Bangladeshis revealed that the touts lend their addresses in the fake documents and charged Rs 30,000 for making the passports. We have identified the 70 touts involved in this racket and have found their links with Bangladesh-based terror organisations such as JMB (Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh) and HuJI (Harkat-ul-Jihad-Islami).We have launched raids at several locations in the four districts. We hope to arrest the accused soon,” a senior Police Official told.
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December - 15 
As India and Bangladesh celebrated the ‘Vijay Divas’ and ‘Victory Day’ respectively on December 16, the chief of Jammat-ud-dawa (JuD) and founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Hafiz Saeed remarked a ‘fresh’ warning to &
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As India and Bangladesh celebrated the ‘Vijay Divas’ and ‘Victory Day’ respectively on December 16, the chief of Jammat-ud-dawa (JuD) and founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Hafiz Saeed remarked a ‘fresh’ warning to ‘liberate’ Kashmir in a vengeance of Pakistan’s defeat and creation of Bangladesh in the India-Pakistan war in 1971, reports The New Indian Express on December 16. “We will avenge creation of Bangladesh by liberating Kashmir,” said Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, while addressing a gathering in Lahore (Pakistan).
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December - 17 
Acting upon the Indian intelligence inputs, the security agencies in Delhi have elevated the security alert to contain a likely terrorist attack on the United States (US) and Israel nationals living in Delhi, reports The New Indian Express on Decembe
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Acting upon the Indian intelligence inputs, the security agencies in Delhi have elevated the security alert to contain a likely terrorist attack on the United States (US) and Israel nationals living in Delhi, reports The New Indian Express on December 18. The alert advises the local police to review the security measures and provide additional security around the US and Israel embassies, synagogues (a Jewish house of prayer) that is visited by large number of nationals of both countries—the US and Israel. “In the backdrop of the threat from radicalised elements, besides threats from Pakistan-based terrorist outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), terrorists may take advantage of this development to perpetrate acts of terrorism against US and Israeli interests in India,” said an official communication accessed by The New Indian Express.
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December - 17 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will soon file charges against seven Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) separatists and a businessman — who are suspected to received huge money over the years from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizb-ul Mujahideen (HuM
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will soon file charges against seven Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) separatists and a businessman — who are suspected to received huge money over the years from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizb-ul Mujahideen (HuM) and their mentor agency, Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), reportsThe Times of India on December 18. Reportedly, the pro-Pakistani separatists in India had used the money that they have received to finance local militants engaged in combat with Indian Security Forces (SFs), spearheading the stone pelting and recruiting youngsters from Kashmir for anti-Indian activities, said NIA sources. "The investigation is almost finished. We will approach the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) very soon seeking prosecution sanction and then a Chargesheet will be filed in January 2018. Four officers from the Union Ministry of Finance (UMF) worked round-the-clock for this case," said an NIA officer requesting anonymity.
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December - 19 
India and the United States (US) on December 19 concluded their ‘first dialogue’ meets over designations of terrorists and terror groups through domestic and international mechanisms, reports The Times of India. The ‘India-US design
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India and the United States (US) on December 19 concluded their ‘first dialogue’ meets over designations of terrorists and terror groups through domestic and international mechanisms, reports The Times of India. The ‘India-US designations dialogue’ reflected the shared commitments of both sides to strengthen the cooperation level to tackle the terrorist threat. In June 2017, a joint statement issued post-meeting of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump stated that both nations are committed to strengthen cooperation against terrorist threats from groups including Al Qaeda (AQ), Islamic State (IS), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), D-Company and their manifestations. The US will hold the ‘second-round’ of this dialogue in 2018.
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December - 19 
The United States (US) has expressed its grave concern over Jammat-ud Dawah (JuD) ‘chief’ and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed’s confirmation of his candidature in General Elections in Pakistan scheduled to be held
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The United States (US) has expressed its grave concern over Jammat-ud Dawah (JuD) ‘chief’ and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed’s confirmation of his candidature in General Elections in Pakistan scheduled to be held in 2018, reports The Hindu on December 20. Saeed, Earlier, Hafiz Saeed had confirmed that his organization - JuD- will contest the 2018 general elections in Pakistan under the banner of the Milli Muslim League (MML), which is yet to be registered with the Election Commission (EC).
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December - 21 
According to official statistics, at least 327 persons including 208 militants, 75 Security Force (SF) personnel and 40 civilians were killed in militancy-related violence in Jammu and Kashmir this year, highest in last five years, reports The New In
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According to official statistics, at least 327 persons including 208 militants, 75 Security Force (SF) personnel and 40 civilians were killed in militancy-related violence in Jammu and Kashmir this year, highest in last five years, reports The New Indian Express on December 22. According to the data, as many as 338 militancy incidents were reported from the State this year so far. In these 338 violent incidents, 327 persons were killed.As per the data, 208 militants, 75 security men including Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF) and Army men and 40 civilians were killed in the State this year. “Four bank guards were also killed in two attacks on Jammu and Kashmir bank cash vans by militants in volatile south Kashmir this year,” reveals the official figures. The militant and civilian casualties this year is highest in last five years.The SFs launched ‘Operation All Out’ against militants in the Valley this year after surge in militancy violence in the first part of this year. Among the 208 militants killed in encounters with SFs this year include top ‘commanders’ of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Most of the wanted militant commanders have been killed by the SFs this year. Now Zakir Moosa, who is head of al Qaeda’s Kashmir affiliate Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind and HM’s Riyaz Naikoo are among half a dozen wanted militant commanders still active.According to the official data, 148 militants were killed in 2016, 150 in 2015, 108 in 2014 and 110 in 2013. Similarly, 14 civilians were killed in militancy violence in the State last year, 15 in 2015, 17 in 2014 and 28 in 2013. As per the official statistics, 78 security personnel were killed in militant violence in the State last year followed by 82 in 2015, 39 in 2014 and 47 in 2013.The SFs this year also revived Cordon and Search Operations (CASOs) in the Valley after 15 years. The CASOs were the permanent feature during anti-militancy operations in the Valley in 1990s. However, the CASOs were discontinued by the security in 2002 after facing stiff opposition and resentment from locals, civil society members, mainstream groups and separatists. In view of success of “Operation All Out” against militants, the security agencies have decided to continue the operation in the winter months in the Valley also. A security official said there would be no let up in heat and pressure against the militants and ‘Operation all-out’ would continue. “We will be targeting every militant commander active in the Valley,” the official said.
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December - 21 
Expressing its concern over the collapse of security situation in Afghanistan, India has told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that all ‘safe-havens’ and support to terror groups must end, reports The Indian Express on December
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Expressing its concern over the collapse of security situation in Afghanistan, India has told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that all ‘safe-havens’ and support to terror groups must end, reports The Indian Express on December 22. “The support for terrorist organisations like the Taliban, the Haqqani Network (HQN), Daesh or ISIS, Al Qaeda (AQ) and its designated affiliates such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) from outside Afghanistan, must be forced to stop. The UNSC shares an essential responsibility in this regard in our collective interest,” said Deputy Permanent-Representative of India to the United Nations (UN) Tanmaya Lal during an open debate of the UNSC on Afghanistan.
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December - 21 
Responding to Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa’s remarks about backing lawmakers in efforts to improve relations with India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on December 21, said if Islamabad is serious abo
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Responding to Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa’s remarks about backing lawmakers in efforts to improve relations with India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on December 21, said if Islamabad is serious about friendship, then it should understand India’s core concerns regarding terrorism and take action against terrorists operating from its soil, reports livemint.com. Earlier, Bajwa on December 19, according to media reports, urged Pakistani lawmakers to try to improve relations with India and assured them that their efforts would be fully backed by the Army. His comments are significant as the Army commands significant influence over policy decisions in Pakistan.“We, of course, like any good neighbour, desire good relations with countries who are next to us… in fact, all neighbours. It is important for Pakistan to understand the core concerns of terrorism. We have time and again emphasized on it. We have time and again asked them to take action against terrorists and terrorist groups which are operating from their soil,” said MEA’s spokesperson Raveesh Kumar. “This is something they (Pakistan) will have to handle if they are serious in cultivating this friendship,” Kumar added.The MEA spokesperson, however, dismissed Bajwa’s support to Jamaat-ud-Dawah ‘chief’ Hafiz Saeed. On December 20, Bajwa had said that Saeed can speak about the Kashmir issue like any other Pakistani citizen. Kumar stated that Saeed’s reality was not hidden from anyone; he wasn’t just an international terrorist, he was also the mastermind of the Mumbai (26/11) terror attack.
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December - 26 
The Central intelligence agencies cautioned both Border Security Force (BSF) and Army, the two border guarding forces in Jammu and Kashmir, to remain on high alert amid specific inputs that there was significant movement of Pakistan Army, Border Acti
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The Central intelligence agencies cautioned both Border Security Force (BSF) and Army, the two border guarding forces in Jammu and Kashmir, to remain on high alert amid specific inputs that there was significant movement of Pakistan Army, Border Action Team (BAT) and Special Service Group (SSG) in areas close to the border, reports The Asian Age on December 27. Both BAT and SSG have a notorious reputation of targeting Indian soldiers and mutilating their bodies in the past along with terror outfits. According to the intelligence alert, “Pakistan Army has increased its deployment of BAT and SSG teams in sensitive areas close to the border with the intention of targeting patrolling teams of our security forces which should remain on high alert.’’ “In view of these inputs, the border guarding forces, primarily the BSF and Army, should follow all security protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) while going on patrolling assignments close to the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB). The situation is more sensitive close to the LoC,’’ the intelligence input further states.Terror groups operating out of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), particularly the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), have in the past assisted both BAT and SSG of Pakistan Army in carrying out brutal attacks on Indian patrolling teams close to the border.
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