Obama assures Manmohan support on Pakistan, Headley (Second Lead)

President Barack Obama assured India that the US is “engaging” Pakistan on the issue of trans-border terrorism and shares New Delhi’s concerns over outfits like the Lashkar-e-Taiba plotting attacks on India’s cities.

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Headley story shows close Al Qaeda, LeT links: NYT

Pakistani-American terror suspect David Headley’s confession about his involvement in the Mumbai terror showed in clear contours the close relationship between Al Qaeda and the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), according to a former…

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Headley story shows close Al Qaeda, LeT links: NYT

Pakistani-American terror suspect David Headley’s confession about his involvement in the Mumbai terror showed in clear contours the close relationship between Al Qaeda and the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), according to a former…

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Gain from Headley plea: Watertight case against LeT

Details of the “guilty” plea made by Headley validate India’s claims about the Lashkar-e-Taiba leadership masterminding 26/11, and suggest that the US jihadi may not be able to get away lightly as was being feared.

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Lashkar has 20 Indian, 320 global targets: US lawmaker

“In the wake of the Mumbai attack, investigators uncovered a list of 320 locations worldwide deemed by the Lashkar-e-Taiba as possible targets for attack. Only 20 of the targets were located within India,” US Congressman Gary Ackerman said.

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LeT training Taliban militants with ‘eye on India’

Intelligence reports from Pakistan suggest that Lashkar-e-Taiba has been training 130 Taliban militants who have surrendered recently. Officials say these militants could be used by the terror group to target India and Afghanistan.

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EU says Lashkar-e-Taiba has a global agenda

Pakistani terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is a dangerous group having global agenda, an anti-terrorism official of the European Union has said. “We see LeT as a very dangerous organisation with a global agenda and not a local agenda. We have…

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US envoy Holbrooke regrets ‘Indians were not targeted in Kabul’ remark

After US media reports that terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba searched for Indians in last week’s deadly attack in Kabul, top US diplomat Richard Holbrooke has regretted his remarks suggesting Indians were not targeted.

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Lashkar behind Kabul attack: Afghan official

Saeed Ansari, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s intelligence service, said that his agency has evidence that Lashkar-e-Taiba was involved in last week’s attacks that killed 16 people, including 9 Indians.

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India’s 26/11 charges baseless: Hafiz Saeed

Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group and who India says masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, says the charges against him are baseless. “India always indulges in propaganda and has always fabricated false reports…

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