No. 132: Lashkar-e-Taiba: Local Organisation, Global Ambitions

Author(s): Prem Mahadevan
Editor(s): Daniel Trachsler
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 132
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

The Pakistani jihadist group Lashkar-e-Taiba has been labelled as potentially the next al- Qaida. It has shown both the desire and the capacity to attack Western nationals. The group has gained a certain degree of state protection in Pakistan by compartmentalising its activities into violent and non-violent components, and selectively cooperating with security agencies. Due to its global ambitions, growing operational presence, and internal dynamics, it now poses a serious threat to international security.

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The Lashkar-e-Taiba Leadership Structure