Houston: India, along with other adjoining South Asian countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, has been classified under the most extreme category of 'severe threats' on Terrorism Threat Map created by leading security consultancy firms for 2009.
The map, created by two security consultancy firms Aon and Janusian, shows global levels of terrorist activities which are identified by means of attacks, plots, communiqués and government countermeasures.
Southern Asia is becoming the global hub of terrorist activity as security measures have taken hold in the Middle East and reduced the number of attacks in that region, Aon Ltd said in its assessment of worldwide terrorism.
According to the Map released on Tuesday, the countries 'most afflicted' by terrorist incidents in 2008 were Pakistan, Iraq, India and Afghanistan.
Aon's 2009 Terrorism Threat Map also shows a more settled outlook for North America, Europe and Australia.
Canada and the US both classified under the middle category of 'elevated threats.' In each of these two North American countries, the types of terrorist groups were identified under icons labelled as 'Global Islamist' and 'Single Interest'.