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Abid Hussain

US designates members of Pakistan armed groups as ‘terrorists’

Pakistan security officials and relatives attend a funeral for a policeman killed in an attack claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the border town of Chaman [File: Abdul Basit/AFP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States has declared three members of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and one senior official of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as “terrorists”.

A statement on Thursday named the “emir” of AQIS Osama Mehmood, deputy emir Atif Yahya Ghouri, and Muhammad Maruf, who looks after recruitment for the armed group, on its “Specially Designated Global Terrorists” list.

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