'India faces major terror threat from ISIS, Al-Qaeda in J&K'

The "most significant" terrorism threat faced by India appears to be from the ISIS or Al-Qaeda-linked groups that are active in and around Jammu and Kashmir, the FATF said on Thursday in its report for the country on combatting money-laundering and terror-financing crimes.

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FATF or Financial Action Task Force is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7 to develop policies to combat money laundering and to maintain certain interest.

The 368-page report also made a mention of the recent situation in Manipur, which is witnessing ethnic violence for more than a year now, leading to over 220 deaths.

It said a "sudden rise" in terrorist-financing (TF) investigations was seen in 2023 and this was attributed to events arising out of incidents in Manipur that led to such probes in more than 50 cases.

The FATF said India has suffered from the effects of terrorism consistently since the country achieved independence in 1947.

"India faces a disparate range of terrorism threats, categorised by India into six different theatres.