Crackdown On Terrorist Groups

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  2 Terrorist Supporters Arrested In J&K Amid Crackdown After Kathua Attack

  Two weeks after a major terrorist attack on the Army in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, the police arrested two terrorist supporters who have allegedly helped a large group of Pakistan-backed terrorists involved in the Kathua attack.

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  Centre Blocks 14 Mobile Messenger Apps In Big Crackdown On Terror Groups

  The banned apps include Crypviser, Enigma, Safeswiss, Wickrme, Mediafire, Briar, BChat, Nandbox, Conion, IMO, Element, Second Line, Zangi, and Threema.

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  US Blocks $63 Million In Funds Of Global Terrorist Groups In 2019: Report

  The US blocked USD 63 million in funds of designated terrorist groups, including Pakistan-based outfits, in 2019 as part of its crackdown on foreign terrorist organisations, according to an annual report by the treasury department.

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  Trump Administration Will Not Shy Away From Tougher Steps Against Pak: Report

  The Trump administration will not shy away from taking tougher steps if required to convince Pakistani leaders that it is in their interest to crackdown on terrorist groups, a senior US official said.

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  Days After Crackdown, Hafiz Saeed's Terror Group Jamaat-ud-Dawa Renamed

  Terrorist group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which is part of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, has renamed itself as 'Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir', days after its chief Hafiz Saeed was put under house arrest and a crackdown launched on the terror group's activities. The Mumbai terror attack mastermind had indicated about a week before his arrest that he might launch Te...

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  19 Lashkar-e-Taiba Terrorists Killed In Airstrikes In Afghanistan

  At least 19 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were killed and eight others wounded in the airstrikes in Dangam district of eastern Kunar province, bordering Pakistan, Afghan government said today, signalling a major crackdown on the terror group operating from across the border.

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  Turkey Arrests Journalists, Activist On Terror Charges

  Turkey arrested the local representative of international rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on "terrorist propaganda" charges Monday, in the latest crackdown on the media in the country.

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  Pro-ISIS Hacking Group Threatens Facebook, Twitter

  Baffled by a severe crackdown on its social media accounts in recent past, a self-styled hacking division of terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) has issued a video that threatens Facebook and Twitter CEOs with dire consequences if the social media platforms keep taking down pro-IS accounts.

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  Twitter Suspends 125,000 Accounts In 'Terrorist Content' Crackdown

  Twitter has suspended over 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the ISIS group, as part of a stepped-up effort to crack down on "terrorist content" on the messaging platform, it said Friday.

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  In Egypt, the 'Disappeared' Resurface on TV as 'Terrorists'

  Detentions and videotaped confessions are a new feature of a crackdown on dissent launched after the military toppled Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 -- Egypt's first freely-elected president -- after mass protests, rights groups say.

• Cairo bomb injures five after Egypt widens crackdown on Islamists

  A bomb exploded near a bus in Cairo on Thursday injuring five people, a day after the government widened a crackdown on Islamists by declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group.

• Egypt designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group

  The Egyptian government intensified its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday.