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Definition of Lashkar-e-taiba

1. Noun. A brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India. "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lashkar-e-taiba

Literary usage of Lashkar-e-taiba

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Priorities in South Asia by Frank Wisner, Nicholas Platt, Marshall M. Bouton (2003)
"The most radical, including the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba (both designated as terrorist organizations by the US government), were banned. ..."

2. Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism: Proceedings of an Indo-U.S by Roddam Narasimha, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), United States, Office of Naval Research (2007)
"Delhi, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and at least 30 other densely populated urban areas have active subversive-terrorist cells; Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is ..."

3. Human Rights Watch World Report, 2003: Events of 2002 (November 2001 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch Staff (2003)
"... gunmen suspected to be part of the Lashkar-e Taiba launched an attack on a shantytown in Jammu. Disguised as Hindu holy men, the group threw grenades at ..."

4. Homeland Security: Agency Plans, Implementation, and Challenges Regarding by Norman J. Rabkin (2005)
"... Al-Qa'ida (18 USC 2339B), Conspiracy to provide material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba (18 USC 2339A); and supplying services to the Taliban (50 US 1705. ..."

5. Going to War with the Allies You Have: Allies, Counterinsurgency, and the by Daniel Byman (2005)
"For example, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; the Kurdish Workers' Party of Turkey; Lashkar-e-Taiba, an insurgent group fighting in Kashmir; ..."

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