The roots of terror funding

FATF's censure is a first step towards putting Islamabad on notice over its patronage of terrorism in India and the neighbourhood

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For far too long, western powers and multilateral bodies have been found wanting in their efforts to ensure that Pakistan takes credible and irreversible action to prevent terrorist groups from functioning from its soil or raising funds for their activities across the region. This has included nations such as the US and its partners that have been directly affected by Pakistan-based terror groups. While Pakistan has been pushed to act against organisations and individuals — many of them sanctioned by the UN Security Council (UNSC) — after major terror attacks, Islamabad's crackdowns were invariably wound up once international focus receded. As a result, terrorists such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi have never be