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- The US State Department report said that Pakistan has made limited progress in tackling terrorism.
- The department said in the report that Pakistan did not take steps to prosecute terrorist leaders.
- The report said the authorities did not take adequate action to eliminate some terrorist groups.
The US State Department on Thursday released the Country Report on Terrorism 2020, in which it noted that Pakistan has made limited progress in combating terrorism. The department said in the report that Pakistan did not take steps to prosecute terrorist leaders such as Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Masood Azhar and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Sajid Mir, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The report states that groups targeting Afghanistan – including the Afghan Taliban and allied HQN, as well as groups targeting India, including Lashkar and its affiliated front organizations, and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) – Continued to operate from Pakistani territory.
Stating that Pakistan did not take action against known terrorists, the report said that Pakistan has made positive contributions to the Afghanistan peace process, such as encouraging the Taliban to reduce violence.
“Pakistan made additional progress toward completing its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan in 2020, but did not complete all action plan items, and remains on the FATF’s ‘grey list’,” the report added. “The government and military acted inconsistently regarding terrorist safe havens across the country. Authorities did not take adequate action to eliminate some terrorist groups,” it read.
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