ABSTRACT
Although India has faced a series of terrorist attacks from Pakistan during the last two decades, the Mumbai attack was considered to be India's 9/11. The Mumbai attack grew out of the pressure on commanders of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to wage a wider war against the West. The civilian leadership behaved in an entirely different manner from its military in the immediate aftermath of the Mumbai attack and even before. This chapter analyses the threat of the LeT towards India. The first objective of the LeT is to remain focused on its anti-India activities and mobilize the Pakistani people against India. The second most important objective of the LeT as of 2013 is to unify all militants of Pakistan at the behest of the Pakistan army and end the 'current clash of institutions' in Pakistan. While the LeT is consistent in its efforts to increase influence and capacity in Pakistan, India has been doing precious little to counter the group.
