Pakistan Terror Group Leader Noor Mehsud Blacklisted By UN
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United Nations: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group's leader Noor Wali Mehsud has been labelled a global terrorist by the financing, planning and committing acts on behalf of and in support of entities associated with the al-Qaida.
The UN Security Council's 1267 ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee added Mehsud, 42, to the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List on Thursday, subjecting the Pakistani national to an assets-freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.
The TTP was blacklisted by the UN on July 29, 2011 for its association with al-Qaida.
In June 2018, Mehsud was named the leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, following the death of former TTP leader Maulana Fazlullah.
The Sanctions Committee said that under Noor Wali's leadership, TTP had claimed responsibility for numerous terrorist attacks across Pakistan. These include the attack targeting Pakistani security forces in North Waziristan in July 2019 and a bomb blast targeting Pakistani soldiers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in August 2019.
Additionally, the group had claimed responsibility for an attempted bombing in Times Square on May 1, 2010. In April 2010 TTP had launched a multi-pronged assault against the United States Consulate in Peshawar, killing at least six Pakistanis and wounding 20 others.
The United States domestically designated Noor Wali as a terrorist in September 2019, it said in the tweet.
The US State Department's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) said in a tweet that it welcomes the addition of Mehsud by the UN to the ISIL and Al Qaida sanctions list.
Blacklisting by the Security Council entails that all states are required to freeze the funds and other financial assets or economic resources of allocated to individuals and entities without delay.
They are also required to prevent the entry into or transit through their territories by the designated individuals. They must also block the direct or indirect supply, sale and transfer from within their territory or by their nationals to outside their territory.
Additionally, they cannot use their flag vessels or aircrafts, for arms and related materiel of all types including spare parts. Any kind technical advice, assistance, or training related to military activities, to designated individuals and entities is also forestalled.
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