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Nepal: Thousands protest against Pakistan’s role in 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks
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Nepal: Thousands protest against Pakistan’s role in 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks

On the 12th anniversary of the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, thousands of people in Nepal took to the streets to protest against state-sponsored terrorism by Pakistan.With banners in their hands, people staged demonstrations across the country, and roadblocks were also held in several parts of the country.“I want to pay tribute to those people who lost their lives in the attacks. These kinds of terrorist attacks should not happen anywhere in the world,” said one of the protesters.On November 26, 2008, 10 terrorists trained by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) carried out a series of coordinated attacks against multiple targets in Mumbai including the Taj Mahal Hotel, the Oberoi Hotel, the Leopold Cafe, the Nariman (Chabad) House, and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train sta
Pak-Origin plotter of 26/11 attacks arrested in US, faces extradition
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Pak-Origin plotter of 26/11 attacks arrested in US, faces extradition

Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman has been arrested in Los Angeles on an extradition request by India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.Rana, 59, a known close associate of David Coleman Headley - one of the main conspirators behind the attacks on India’s financial hub that killed 166 people - was serving a 14-year sentence in a Los Angeles federal prison when he was granted an early release last week because of being infected by the coronavirus.He was rearrested in Los Angeles on June 10 following an extradition request by India, where he is a declared fugitive, US prosecutors said.Assistant US Attorney John J Lulejian told the court that the Indian government, as per the bilateral Extradition Treaty signed in 1997, has requested the arrest and det