US designates Hizbul Mujahideen as Foreign Terrorist
Organisation
The
United States has named Hizbul Mujahideen as a
"foreign terrorist" organisation, imposing sanctions on it, which
including the freezing of assets it may hold in the US.
Established in 1989, the Hizbul Mujahideen is one of the oldest
and the largest militant groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir.
The
terror outfit has a strong presence in Jammu and Kashmir, where it has claimed
responsibility for a number of attacks.
With this, Hizb Mujahideen joins the other terrorist
outfits Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) on the US list of FTO
designated in 2001. Moreover, two other anti-India groups, al-Qaeda in the
Indian Subcontinent (2016) and Indian Mujahideen (2011) are also in the list.
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