At least 300 fighters from Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)are active in war-torn Afghanistan, a pentagon report has said.
The report also identified LeT among the three groups posingthe greatest threat to the US and its allied forces in Afghanistan.
The LeT was blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008that killed 166 people.
Among the 20 prominent militant organisations active inAfghanistan, LeT ranks fifth in terms of fighters along with al Qaeda andIslamic Movement of Uzbekistan, stated the
Pentagon report,’Lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom’s Sentinel’, for the quarterending March 31.
The report said the Department of Defence “identifiedthe Haqqani Network, the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) andLashkar-e-Taiba as groups that present the greatest threat to US and alliedforces in Afghanistan”.
The report also stated that an estimated 300 LeT and 1,000Islamic Emirate High Council operatives are active in the war-torn country.
The ISIS-K, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Haqqani networkwith an estimated 3,000-5,000 fighters each top the list of armed groups activein Afghanistan, it said.