It's been a day - and a night - of contrasts at Lashkar Gah.
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The capital of Helmand Province, Lashkar Gah, is now fully transitioned over to Afghan lead control.
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Other groups include Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, which carried out the deadly 2008 assault in Mumbai, India.
One carol service was held on Christmas Eve at the British army base of Lashkar Gar.
Pakistan banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in 2001, but critics say its members have continued to operate freely.
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Officials said they had also shut several schools run by a charity linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba.
India accused Pakistan-based fighters from the banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba of carrying out the attacks.
Tahawwur Rana was convicted in 2011 of providing material support for the Pakistani group, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
This same A.P. report said that Lashkar-e-Taiba received funding from organizations in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
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The Rangers' statement said Mr. Hayyee had been involved with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi since its founding in the mid-1990s.
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He said the group leader was a Lashkar "veteran", Ismal Khan, 25, from North West Frontier Province.
According to the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, Lashkar members have been arrested in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
Saeed said the decision Wednesday by a U.N. committee to identify Lashkar leaders as terrorists was in haste.
India has blamed a Pakistan-backed militant group, Lashkar-e Toiba, for the killings - a claim the group denies.
However, U.S. counterterrorism officials say signs point to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, and they haven't seen anything to rule it out.
Those attacks were claimed by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a Sunni militant group known for its virulent hatred of Shiite Muslims.
Representatives from five nations, including Afghan generals and others, joined British troops in Lashkar Gah for Sunday's service.
Pakistan banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in 2001, but the group continues to operate fairly freely in their war against Shiites.
Another group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, blamed for the devastating attack on Mumbai in 2008, also has Punjab as its home.
The army launched an offensive last month into the valley targeting the Pakistani Taliban and an allied group, Lashkar-e-Islam.
Some attacks have also been blamed on Lashkar-e-Toiba, which India says is backed by Pakistan's intelligence agency the ISI.
"I personally feel the same Lashkar-e-Toiba group is involved in this, " he said.
The banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi said it carried out the attack, as well as the one in January.
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At the British headquarters in Lashkar Gah, the senior chaplain Padre Dowell Conning conducted the main service of remembrance.
In particular, hundreds of young men joined the Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammad groups to fight Indian forces in Kashmir.
Earlier Pakistani Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar said Jaish-e-Mohammad founder Masood Azhar and Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi had been held.
Indian authorities believe all the attackers were Pakistanis, specifically blaming Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), an Islamic militant group based in Pakistan.
The official also noted a possibility that Pakistan-based groups such as Lashkar e-Tayyiba or Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan could be involved.
Mr Lakhvi is the Lashkar commander India suspects of planning the Mumbai attacks.
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