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06-30-2016, 10:14 PM
Washington: The United States added Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, a regional branch of the global extremist network, to its terror blacklist on Thursday.
The State Department designated AQIS a "foreign terrorist organization" and its leader, Indian-born Asim Umar, a "specially designated global terrorist."
Al-Qaeda, the militant movement founded by the late Osama bin Laden, has long been a banned group, but Thursday´s order singles out a relatively new offshoot.
Bin Laden´s successor, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, an**unced the formation of AQIS in September 2014 to carry the group´s fight to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Since then, the group has claimed responsibility for a number of deadly and sometimes spectacular attacks, which may explain the US decision to list it separately.
Under the new designation, if investigators tie any assets or property under US jurisdiction to the group or its leader, they will be frozen.
In addition, US citizens are forbidden from having any dealings with the group on pain of prosecution.
Umar, who has appeared in Al-Qaeda propaganda as the AQIS leader, is a shadowy figure.
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The State Department designated AQIS a "foreign terrorist organization" and its leader, Indian-born Asim Umar, a "specially designated global terrorist."
Al-Qaeda, the militant movement founded by the late Osama bin Laden, has long been a banned group, but Thursday´s order singles out a relatively new offshoot.
Bin Laden´s successor, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, an**unced the formation of AQIS in September 2014 to carry the group´s fight to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Since then, the group has claimed responsibility for a number of deadly and sometimes spectacular attacks, which may explain the US decision to list it separately.
Under the new designation, if investigators tie any assets or property under US jurisdiction to the group or its leader, they will be frozen.
In addition, US citizens are forbidden from having any dealings with the group on pain of prosecution.
Umar, who has appeared in Al-Qaeda propaganda as the AQIS leader, is a shadowy figure.
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