India is among the 10 countries most impacted by terrorism in 2014, according to a new report which said that ISIS and Boko Haram are now jointly responsible for more than half of all global fataliti
India is among the 10 countries most impacted by terrorism in 2014, according to a new report which said that ISIS and Boko Haram are now jointly responsible for more than half of all global fatalities from terrorist attacks.
According to the third edition of the Global Terrorism Index 2015, India ranked 6th out of 162 nations most affected by terrorism in 2014. India witnessed a slight increase in terror-related deaths, up by 1.2 per cent in 2014 to reach a total of 416, the highest number of terrorist incidents and deaths since 2010. There were 763 incidents which represents a 20 per cent increase from 2013, the report by Washington-based Institute for Econ-omics and Peace said.
In India, the two deadliest Islamic terrorist groups in 2014 were Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and Hizbul Mujahideen. The Pakistan-based LeT was responsible for 24 deaths in 2014, while Hizbul Mujahideen was responsible for 11 deaths in 2014, down from 30 deaths in the previous year. In 2013 Hizbul Mujahideen was the only group in India to use suicide tactics, but in 2014 there were no suicide attacks in India, the report added.
India has featured 14 times in the 10 countries most affected by terrorism for the 2000–2014 period. While India continues to be among the 10 countries most impacted by terrorism, 2014 was the first time since 2000 that India did not feature among the ten countries with highest fatalities from terrorism.
Meanwhile, US should expand India’s access to its high-tech weapons systems to help the country deter Chinese and Pakist-ani provocations and secu-re its borders, a top Ame-rican think tank has said. In a memo, the Council on Foreign Relations warns a China-India conflict could endanger US interests.
Although a large-scale conflict between China and India is unlikely, persistent suspicions and border disputes could have dire consequences, it said.
