"A senior US general has expressed concern over the 'expanding reach' of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group. Admiral Robert Willard, head of the Pacific Command, told a Senate hearing that the group was no longer solely focused on India or South Asia. LeT is one of the largest and best-funded militant groups in the region. It is blamed for the November 2008 attacks on Mumbai (Bombay), in which gunmen killed more than 165 people. Adm Willard said the group had declared a jihad (holy war) on America and had carried out attacks on US forces in Afghanistan, although India continued to be its main target. He said that the US had evidence of LeT's presence in Europe, the broader Asia-Pacific region and even in Canada and the US itself."