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US retains terror tag for Lashkar-e-Taiba and seven other groups

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US retains terror tag for Lashkar-e-Taiba and seven other groups
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Ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting, the US administration has retained the Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) designation for the Lashkar-e-Taiba along with seven other outfits including Pakistan-based Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, a US State Department said in a statement. The Lashkar-e-Taiba was first notified as a terror group by the United States back in December 2001.
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Also Read | I have been with farmers since day one: Babbu Maan Ahead of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting, US administration retained terror tag for Lashkar-e-Taiba along with other Pakistan outfits. The order comes ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting scheduled to be held next month that will look after the progress made by Pakistan to curb terror financing. At the end of the last review in October, the FATF president Marcus Pleyer had cautioned that Pakistan could not take forever to deliver on its commitments. Pleyer had also warned that the repeated failure would result in Pakistan being put on the blacklist.
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Also Read | FAKE NEWS! Army denies reports of action in PoK Ahead of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting, US administration retained terror tag for Lashkar-e-Taiba along with other Pakistan outfits. In 2018, Pakistan was put on FATF’s grey list after the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog pointed out failing to control terror financing. However, Islamabad is yet to take action as the Pakistani deep state continues to support terrorist activities in India and Afghanistan. Ahead of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting, US administration retained terror tag for Lashkar-e-Taiba along with other Pakistan outfits. Recently, a Pakistani court sentenced Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to 15 years jail in a terror-financing case while another judge issued arrest warrants for Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. However, Pakistan has claimed that for years that he was not in Pakistan. -PTC News-
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