LeT will attack India, warns US Intelligence

The US intelligence believes that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba and Kashmir-focussed insurgent groups will continue to plan and execute 'attacks' in India.

"The IC (intelligence community) assesses that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and other Kashmir-focussed groups will continue attack planning and execution in India. Shia and Hindu religious observances are possible targets, as are transportation networks and government buildings," according to the Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnel.

McConnel was giving his assessment while briefing the US Select Senate Committee on Intelligence on an unclassified version of the Annual Threat Assessment.

"We judge Kashmir-focussed groups will continue to support the attacks in Afghanistan, and operatives trained by the groups will continue to feature in al-Qaida transnational attack planning," McConnel told lawmakers.

McConnel also made the assessment that although India and Pakistan are 'fielding a more mature strategic nuclear capability' neither of them are in a Cold War mentality of an arms race for numerical superiority.

Courtesy:ibnlive.com
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