Pakistan home to 12 foreign terrorist outfits: US report

Pakistan is home to at least 12 groups designated as 'foreign terrorist organisations' by the US, including five of them being India-centric like the LET and JEM, according to the latest Congressional report on terrorism. US officials have identified Pakistan as a base of operations or target for numerous armed and non-state militant groups, some of which have existed since the 1980s, the independent Congressional Research Service said in report Terrorist and Other Militant Groups in Pakistan.