Country Reports On Terrorism 2021: India
As per ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: India’, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Hizbul Mujahideen, ISIS, al-Qaeda, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, are the terrorist groups active in India.
- Terrorist tactics showed a shift toward attacks on civilians and greater reliance on IEDs( improvised explosive device ), including an explosives attack using drones on an air force base.
- The Indian government made significant efforts to detect, disrupt, and degrade operations of terrorist organizations.
- During 2021, there were 153 terrorist attacks in J&K, causing 274 deaths that included 45 security personnel, 36 civilians, and 193 terrorists.
- Other notable attacks included an attack on November 1 in Manipur, in which the People’s Liberation Army of Manipur and Naga People’s Front killed seven persons in an ambush, including an Indian Army officer and with his wife and minor son.
