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Washington: The US has designated Pakistan- based Lashkar-e-Taiba’s two top leaders as “global terrorists” and slapped sanctions on the terror group’s student wing, tightening the noose around the outfit that carried out the 2008 Mumbai attack.
The US Treasury Department designated Muhammad Sarwar and Shahid Mahmood as global terrorists. Both the LeT leaders are based in Pakistan.
Al-Muhammadia Students, the student wing of the LeT, works with senior leaders of the organisation to recruit people and organise activities for the youth, was designated a terror organistion by the US State Department.
“To that effect, Al-Muhammadia Students (AMS) is the student wing of LeT,” the State Department said. LeT was designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States in December 2001. Since the original designation occurred, LeT has repeatedly changed its name and created front organisations in an effort to avoid sanctions, said the State Department.
“These two Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders are responsible for raising and moving funds to support the terrorist group s operations,” said John E Smith, Acting Director Office of Foreign Assets Control.
