Jordan fears that the Syrian conflict will provide radical militants with a new cause for recruitment.
The Nigerian military has conducted raids on militants, with civilian casualties.
In response, Indira Gandhi's government began providing the militants with covert financial assistance and military training.
The government immediately blamed local Muslim militants with ties to international terrorism.
The following day, a military academy was attacked by Islamic State militants with rocket-propelled grenades.
Young militants with rifles stood guard atop what remained of the house.
But even as residents here view the militants with fear, most express greater distrust of the American forces.
And militants with the Taliban and other banned groups, who have killed thousands of civilians, are rarely convicted.
He was referring to the charge that Pakistan's military establishment protects the sectarian militants, with whom it has old ties.
Some were Islamist militants with experience fighting in Afghanistan, and some were picked up simply because they had long beards.
