Pakistan remained key counter-terrorism partner in 2016: US report
According to State Department global terrorism report terrorist attacks in Pakistan declined in 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of terrorist attacks worldwide and deaths from such attacks dropped in 2016 for the second straight year, the US State Department said on Wednesday.
The total number of terrorist attacks in 2016 dropped 9 percent compared to 2015, while fatalities caused by the attacks fell 13 percent, the department said in a report on global terrorism.
According to US State Department’s global terrorism report, Pakistan remained an important counterterrorism partner in 2016. Violent extremist groups targeted civilians, officials, and religious minorities. Major terrorist groups focused on conducting terrorist attacks in Pakistan included the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jamaat�
