While Pakistan and Afghanistan are not on the list, they did come in for criticism.
Terrorism takes on dangerous new patterns.
And that loose level of organization gives countries battling terror around the world a new type of challenge. The international community has to work together because what has to happen is many states have to deal with individuals within their borders who have loyalty to one or more of these terrorists. In previous years, the congressionally mandated annual report had highlighted the Middle East as a terrorist hub. This year's report does note the Middle East as problematic, still. In Egypt, for the first time in many years, there were no terrorism-related deaths last year.