India has witnessed the
third highest number of terrorist attacks in 2016, more than Pakistan that has
slipped to the fourth position, according to the latest data compiled by the US
State Department.
Iraq with 2,965 terrorist
attacks and Afghanistan with 1,340 terrorist attacks, were ranked first and
second position respectively, followed by India that recorded 927 attacks and
Pakistan at 734 attacks, the department said in its Country Report on
Terrorism. The department said more than half of the terrorist attacks in India
in 2016 took place in four states: Jammu and Kashmir at 19%, Chhattisgarh at
18%, Manipur at 12%, and Jharkhand at 10%.
