US, India agree to jointly counter Pak-linked extremist funding

The United States and India have reportedly agreed to build-up cooperation to prevent illegal funding of Pakistan-linked violent extremist movements.

Indian Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram said top officials from both the nations discussed ways of targeting the financial networks and fund-raising activities of terrorist organizations based in Pakistan, the Dawn News reports.

Mayaram said that these efforts would target terror outfits, such as Lashkar-i-Taiba and the affiliated Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which investigators believe were behind the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people.

According to the report, action against the Haqqani network, which is blamed for terror attacks on the Indian embassy and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was also discussed.