US acknowledges Pakistan’s efforts to meet FATF demands

The annual US report on terrorism acknowledged that Pakistan took steps in 2020 to tackle terrorism financing, restrain India-focused militant groups and meet additional progress towards completing the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Action Plan and made positive contributions to Afghanistan peace process.

According to the report, ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2020’, “Pakistan continued to experience terrorist attacks” last year.

Pakistani military and security forces undertook counterterrorism operations against groups that conducted attacks within Pakistan, such as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the militants Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).

“Pakistan took steps in 2020 to counter terror financing and restrain India-focused militant groups from conducting attacks. Pakistan convicted Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed and four other senior LeT leaders in multiple terrorism financing cases,” said the report.