Lashkar E Taiba

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan charged seven men yesterday in last year’s Mumbai attacks, its first indictment in a case being monitored by India and the United States to see if Islamabad makes good on promises to bring those responsible to justice. Despite a crackdown in the months following the attacks, analysts say Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani militant group blamed for the three-day assault on the financial center that killed 166 people, remains active and largely untouched by Pakistani authorities.

ISLAMABAD - The United States has announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the capture of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, a Pakistani militant leader accused of orchestrating the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, who in recent months has emerged at the vanguard of a prominent anti-US political-lobbying interest. Wendy Sherman, the US undersecretary of state for political affairs, announced the reward while in India on Monday for help finding Saeed, described as the leader of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.

NEW DELHI — An American convicted in the 2008 Mumbai attacks said Pakistan’s main spy agency was deeply involved in planning that strike, monitoring the preparations and providing funding and advice to the attackers, according to an Indian government summary of his interrogation. The report gives the strongest indication of the involvement of Pakistani authorities in the attack, which killed 166 people, paralyzed India’s business capital, and froze peace efforts between Pakistan and India.

CHICAGO — A federal jury found a Chicago businessman not guilty yesterday of providing material support for the deadly 2008 rampage in Mumbai, but it convicted him on charges of aiding the militants who took credit for that attack and of helping to plot an attack against a Danish newspaper. The jury reached its verdict after two days of deliberations, finding Tahawwur Rana guilty of providing material support to terrorism in Denmark and to the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which claimed responsibility for the three-day siege in India’s largest city that left more than 160 people...

CHICAGO — A federal jury found a Chicago businessman not guilty yesterday of providing material support for the deadly 2008 rampage in Mumbai, but it convicted him on charges of aiding the militants who took credit for that attack and of helping to plot an attack against a Danish newspaper. The jury reached its verdict after two days of deliberations, finding Tahawwur Rana guilty of providing material support to terrorism in Denmark and to the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which claimed responsibility for the three-day siege in India’s largest city that left more than 160 people...

MUMBAI — The trial into the 2008 terrorist attacks and the deaths of 166 people during the siege closed yesterday, less than a year after it opened — a speed rare in the Indian judicial system. The special court that heard the case into the assault — for which India blames the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba — said it would issue a verdict May 3. On trial are Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani Indian investigators allege is the only surviving gunman from the rampage in India’s financial hub in November 2008.

NEW DELHI - India has offered to resume bilateral talks with Pakistan that were halted after the deadly Mumbai terrorist attacks nearly 15 months ago, an official said yesterday. India proposed the resumption of discussions between the foreign secretaries on terrorism and other issues, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing the sensitivity of the matter. Pakistan welcomed the offer. India and Pakistan launched broad-based talks in 2004 aimed at resolving several disputes between the nuclear-armed neighbors, including the divided region of Kashmir.

ISLAMABAD - The United States has announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the capture of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, a Pakistani militant leader accused of orchestrating the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, who in recent months has emerged at the vanguard of a prominent anti-US political-lobbying interest. Wendy Sherman, the US undersecretary of state for political affairs, announced the reward while in India on Monday for help finding Saeed, described as the leader of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain pledged more counterterrorism help to Pakistan yesterday, disclosing that three-quarters of terror plots investigated in Britain are traced to Al Qaeda supporters in the country. Brown traveled to Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan over the weekend to visit British troops and bolster cooperation between India and Pakistan following the deadly Mumbai attacks that killed more than 160 people. But his strongest message was delivered to Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, whose wife, Benazir Bhutto, died...

ATLANTA - A former Georgia Tech student whom prosecutors called "one step removed from the bomb-throwers" was convicted yesterday of plotting to aid a terrorist group by videotaping landmarks around Washington, D.C. US District Judge Bill Duffey found Syed Haris Ahmed, 24, guilty of one count of conspiracy to provide material to support terrorism in the United States and abroad. Prosecutors said he wanted to use the videotapes to gain prestige with terrorist leaders overseas.

NEW DELHI — An American convicted in the 2008 Mumbai attacks said Pakistan’s main spy agency was deeply involved in planning that strike, monitoring the preparations and providing funding and advice to the attackers, according to an Indian government summary of his interrogation. The report gives the strongest indication of the involvement of Pakistani authorities in the attack, which killed 166 people, paralyzed India’s business capital, and froze peace efforts between Pakistan and India.

MUMBAI — The trial into the 2008 terrorist attacks and the deaths of 166 people during the siege closed yesterday, less than a year after it opened — a speed rare in the Indian judicial system. The special court that heard the case into the assault — for which India blames the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba — said it would issue a verdict May 3. On trial are Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani Indian investigators allege is the only surviving gunman from the rampage in India’s financial hub in November 2008.

NEW DELHI - India has offered to resume bilateral talks with Pakistan that were halted after the deadly Mumbai terrorist attacks nearly 15 months ago, an official said yesterday. India proposed the resumption of discussions between the foreign secretaries on terrorism and other issues, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing the sensitivity of the matter. Pakistan welcomed the offer. India and Pakistan launched broad-based talks in 2004 aimed at resolving several disputes between the nuclear-armed neighbors, including the divided region of Kashmir.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan charged seven men yesterday in last year’s Mumbai attacks, its first indictment in a case being monitored by India and the United States to see if Islamabad makes good on promises to bring those responsible to justice. Despite a crackdown in the months following the attacks, analysts say Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani militant group blamed for the three-day assault on the financial center that killed 166 people, remains active and largely untouched by Pakistani authorities.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain pledged more counterterrorism help to Pakistan yesterday, disclosing that three-quarters of terror plots investigated in Britain are traced to Al Qaeda supporters in the country. Brown traveled to Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan over the weekend to visit British troops and bolster cooperation between India and Pakistan following the deadly Mumbai attacks that killed more than 160 people. But his strongest message was delivered to Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, whose wife, Benazir...

CHICAGO — The allegations against Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana are fairly straightforward: He helped a former boarding school friend serve as a scout for terrorists who carried out a 2008 rampage that killed over 160 people in Mumbai. But the implications of Rana’s trial, which begins with jury selection today in Chicago, could be enormous: To make their case, federal prosecutors may lay bare alleged connections between the militant group blamed for the Mumbai attack and Pakistan’s main intelligence agency, which has come under increasing scrutiny after Osama bin Laden, the Al Qaeda...

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — The top official in Pakistan-held Kashmir vowed yesterday to fight India for control of the disputed territory in a speech to thousands of people assembled by a coalition of banned militant groups. The provocative comments by Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan come amid the worst unrest in years in India-held Kashmir, which like Pakistan is majority Muslim. Residents have often chafed against rule by India, where Hindus are in the majority. Khan’s comments come a day before India is scheduled to make its highest level visit to Pakistan since...