US state department said on Friday Pakistan has “failed to significantly limit” Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad’s ability to raise money and recruit followers, and allowed candidates connected to their front organisations to contest elections.
In its annual country report on terrorism for 2018, the department noted Pakistan’s efforts in relations to the implementation of conditions laid down by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and said it failed to uniformly implement UN sanctions against groups like the LeT, which continued to raise funds. Read More…