Sanctions Against Terror Groups

Top US Senator John McCain has moved a legislative amendment in the Senate to impose gradual diplomatic, military, and economic costs on Pakistan if it continues to provide support to terrorist groups, including the Taliban and the Haqqani network.

The US today announced fresh sanctions against Iran, targeting 18 individuals or entities for supporting the country's ballistic missile programme or radical groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that threaten Israel and stability in the Middle East.

France has reiterated its support to India's attempt to get Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar designated as a global terrorist, days after China blocked such a proposal at the United Nations. It added that there are "very strong arguments in favour" of designating Azhar as an international terrorist and said that it wants to see decisive action t...

Asserting that Pakistan must target all terrorist groups, including those that target its neighbours, the US has said it is not planning any sanctions against the country for not taking actions against terrorist groups.

The US today designated an Afghanistan-Pakistan based group linked to the ISIS terror outfit as a foreign terrorist organisation, slapping a series of sanctions on the group and its leaders who are mainly former members of the Pakistani Taliban and the Afghan Taliban.

India has been successful in bringing Pakistan under the monitoring of the Asia Pacific Group to enforce UN sanctions against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, terror mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed despite strong opposition from China.

The US has slapped sanctions against three al Qaeda leaders based in Pakistan, including Abu Yahya al-Libi, considered as its propaganda chief, and one key facilitator of the terror network, striking at the "heart" of the group's remaining leadership.

Hours before US President Barack Obama left for his visit to India, the US has slapped sanctions against Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).It has also targeted Lashkar commander Azam Cheema, who helped trained militants for the 26/11 attacks, and was the mastermind in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings.The US...

Top US Senator John McCain has moved a legislative amendment in the Senate to impose gradual diplomatic, military, and economic costs on Pakistan if it continues to provide support to terrorist groups, including the Taliban and the Haqqani network.

The US today announced fresh sanctions against Iran, targeting 18 individuals or entities for supporting the country's ballistic missile programme or radical groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that threaten Israel and stability in the Middle East.

France has reiterated its support to India's attempt to get Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar designated as a global terrorist, days after China blocked such a proposal at the United Nations. It added that there are "very strong arguments in favour" of designating Azhar as an international terrorist and said that it wants to see decisive action t...

Asserting that Pakistan must target all terrorist groups, including those that target its neighbours, the US has said it is not planning any sanctions against the country for not taking actions against terrorist groups.

The US today designated an Afghanistan-Pakistan based group linked to the ISIS terror outfit as a foreign terrorist organisation, slapping a series of sanctions on the group and its leaders who are mainly former members of the Pakistani Taliban and the Afghan Taliban.

India has been successful in bringing Pakistan under the monitoring of the Asia Pacific Group to enforce UN sanctions against underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, terror mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed despite strong opposition from China.

The US has slapped sanctions against three al Qaeda leaders based in Pakistan, including Abu Yahya al-Libi, considered as its propaganda chief, and one key facilitator of the terror network, striking at the "heart" of the group's remaining leadership.

Hours before US President Barack Obama left for his visit to India, the US has slapped sanctions against Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).It has also targeted Lashkar commander Azam Cheema, who helped trained militants for the 26/11 attacks, and was the mastermind in the 2006 Mumbai train bombings.The US...