HuJI declared a terrorist group by the UN,US
Washington, Aug. 7: The US in conjunction with the United Nations has designated al-Qaeda-linked HuJI as a foreign terrorist organisation and slapped sanctions on its commander Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, who was close to 26/11 plotter David Headley, for carrying out terror activities in India and Pakistan.
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and Kashmiri have been involved in a series of terrorist activities in India, including the attack on the Hyderabad mosque in 2007 that killed 16 people and the March 2007 Varanasi terrorist strike that left at least 25 people dead and another 100 injured.
Kashmiri’s name also cropped in 26/11 and he was in close contact with Headley.
While the US secretary of state, Ms Hillary Clinton, designated HuJI as a foreign terrorist organisation, the US treasury secretary, Mr Timothy Geithner, slapped sanctions on Kashmiri.
Simultaneously, the UN also announced a similar sanction against HuJI at its headquarters.
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