US acknowledges Pakistan’s efforts to combat terrorism

The Unites States has acknowledged the efforts made by Pakistan in 2020 to combat terror financing and restraining Indian-backed militant groups from conducting attacks in the country, according to Washington’s annual report on terrorism . US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the report, stated that Pakistan has made some important contributions to the Afghan peace process, such as encouraging the Taliban to adopt peace and reduce violence and making more progress toward completing its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Action Plan in 2020. However, the report stated that Pakistan did not fulfil all of the Action Plan’s elements and remained on the FATF’s “grey list”. Despite acknowledging Pakistan's efforts to combat terrorism in the region, the report claimed that terrorist groups continued to conduct attacks against Pakistani military and civilian targets in 2020. Although Pakistan's national action plan calls for ensuring that no armed militias are allowed to function in the country, several UN- and U.S.-designated terrorist groups that focus on attacks outside the country continued to operate from Pakistani soil in 2020, the report claimed, adding that the government and military acted inconsistently with respect to terrorist safe havens throughout the country. “Authorities did not take sufficient action… Read full this story

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