New Delhi, July 19: The Donald Trump administration on Wednesday listed Pakistan among top countries providing ‘safe haven’ to terrorists. The report published by the United States annually stated that Pakistan, as on 2016, did not take any stern action against the various terrorist groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which are still able to get funding in the country. Also Read - India's COVID-19 Tally Nears 55 Lakh-mark, Deaths Stand at 87,882 | Key Points

In its annual ‘Country Report on Terrorism’, mandated by the Congress, it takes note of the various countries and their reaction and action against terrorist bodies. The State Department said that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) continue to operate, train, organise and fundraise inside Islamabad and Pakistani military and security forces undertook operations against groups that conducted attacks within Pakistan such as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, news agency ANI reported. Also Read - Ladakh Standoff: India, China Hold Sixth Round of Corps Commander-Level Talks at Moldo

The report published by the State Department further said that Pakistan neither took any substantial action against Haqqani group nor did it try to limit the threat to the US by the Afghan Taliban. Also Read - Schools Reopening From Monday: What is Partial Resumption? Is There Any Compulsion to Attend Classes? FAQs Answered

The report also emphasised that terrorist organisation in Pakistan continue to train, operate and raise funds for their organisation from Pakistan. In this regard, the report states that while LeT Chief Hafiz Saeed is a UN designated terrorist, he still continued addressing large rallies.

The US report states, “Although LeT is banned in Pakistan, LeT’s wings Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FiF) were able to openly engage in fundraising, including in the capital.”

In regard to India’s trouble with the Pakistan-harbored terror groups, the report talked about the attacks on the Pathankot air base and how this has, over the course of time, deepened India’s ties with the United States in countering terrorism and sharing information.

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The report took note of India’s continuous efforts to counter threats of terror and its active operations against the internal threats, Naxalites and the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), along with trans-national threats like ISIS.

While the report states how Pakistan has recently taken a few steps to curb acts of terror by groups which are home-grown, it mentions the actions still lack strength. In this regard, it mentioned how even after the matter against the LeT, its subsidiaries were categorised as groups under observation and were not banned immediately.

The other countries which shared the reputation with Pakistan are Afghanistan, Southern Philippines, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Yemen, Columbia and Venezuela.