Overview

• Sunil Bahadur Thapa cautioned on July 11 that Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed may now use Nepal’s porous frontier as a transit corridor into India.
• On July 9, the Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement convened regional experts and policymakers in Kathmandu to assess terrorism risks and propose cooperative strategies.
• Speakers at the NIICE seminar called for tighter financial controls alongside enhanced intelligence sharing through joint border patrols to stem militant movements.
• Participants highlighted past incidents such as the 1999 IC-814 hijacking and the 2003 LeT-led Pahalgam massacre to underscore Nepal’s longstanding vulnerability.
• The seminar concluded with appeals for a dedicated South Asian counter-terrorism mechanism to reinforce isolated efforts like India’s recent Operation Sindoor.