US calls for 26/11 action by Pakistan

The US on Tuesday said the Lashkar-e-Taiba remains strong in South Asia and Pakistan needs to do more on investigations into the 26/11 attacks. HT reports.

The US on Tuesday said the Lashkar-e-Taiba remains strong in South Asia and Pakistan needs to do more on investigations into the 26/11 attacks.

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"There was no decline in LeT's strength in 2011," said US state department's counterterrorism chief Dan Benjamin.

He said there was a 12% drop in the number of terrorists incidents in 2011 compared to 2010.

While the core of al Qaeda was weakened by the killing of Osama bin Laden and attacks on its members in Pakistan and Afghanistan, its affiliates were growing specially in Africa.