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FM Asif admits LeT, JeM operating from Pakistan, calls for reining them in

Pakistan FM Khawaja Asif will visit China on Friday to review bilateral relations and garner support

Modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping at BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: Twitter (@MEAIndia)
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Modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping at BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: Twitter (@MEAIndia)

Agencies New Delhi | Islamabad
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif warned that the country would continue to face "embarrassment" if terrorist groups like the LeT and JeM were not reined in. Asif's statement came even as he is scheduled to visit China on Friday in the aftermath of the BRICS declaration on terror and US President Donald Trump's new Afghanistan policy. 

Asif's admission came two days after the BRICS grouping that includes China, for the first time named terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) among the internationally banned outfits operating from within Pakistan. 

US President Donald Trump had also criticised Pakistan for

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