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Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
Washington: The United States State Department on Wednesday designated the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or what is more commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The Department also designated Hakimullah Mehsud and another Taliban leader, Wali Ur Rehman, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists and it’s Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward of up to $5 million each for information leading to their location.
Mehsud was charged by criminal complaint for his alleged involvement in the murder of seven American citizens on Dec 30, 2009 at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday.
The two-count criminal complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Aug 20, 2010 and unsealed on Wednesday, charges Hakimullah Mehsud, aka Hakimullah Mahsud, with conspiracy to murder U.S. citizens abroad and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives) against U.S. citizens abroad.
The TTP’s primary purpose is to force withdrawal of Pakistani troops from the FATA of Pakistan, which is located along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border; to unite against NATO forces in Afghanistan and to establish Sharia—or Islamic law—in the tribal territories.
The affidavit alleges that the TTP has had alleged roles in, or claimed responsibility for, a number of acts of violence, including the December 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the September 2009 suicide attack on the Bannu, Pakistan police station, and numerous attacks on NATO supply lines throughout the FATA.
These attacks are often coordinated with other insurgents or terrorist groups, including the Taliban and al Qaeda.
The TTP has recently claimed responsibility for the May 1, 2010 failed bombing of Times Square in New York and also claimed responsibility for the Dec. 30, 2009 suicide bombing in Afghanistan that is charged in the criminal complaint unsealed on Wednesday.
Today, Hakimullah Mehsud is a fugitive believed to be residing in the FATA.
Washington: The United States State Department on Wednesday designated the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or what is more commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The Department also designated Hakimullah Mehsud and another Taliban leader, Wali Ur Rehman, as...
Washington: The United States State Department on Wednesday designated the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or what is more commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The Department also designated Hakimullah Mehsud and another Taliban leader, Wali Ur Rehman, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists and it’s Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward of up to $5 million each for information leading to their location.
Mehsud was charged by criminal complaint for his alleged involvement in the murder of seven American citizens on Dec 30, 2009 at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday.
The two-count criminal complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Aug 20, 2010 and unsealed on Wednesday, charges Hakimullah Mehsud, aka Hakimullah Mahsud, with conspiracy to murder U.S. citizens abroad and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction (explosives) against U.S. citizens abroad.
The TTP’s primary purpose is to force withdrawal of Pakistani troops from the FATA of Pakistan, which is located along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border; to unite against NATO forces in Afghanistan and to establish Sharia—or Islamic law—in the tribal territories.
The affidavit alleges that the TTP has had alleged roles in, or claimed responsibility for, a number of acts of violence, including the December 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the September 2009 suicide attack on the Bannu, Pakistan police station, and numerous attacks on NATO supply lines throughout the FATA.
These attacks are often coordinated with other insurgents or terrorist groups, including the Taliban and al Qaeda.
The TTP has recently claimed responsibility for the May 1, 2010 failed bombing of Times Square in New York and also claimed responsibility for the Dec. 30, 2009 suicide bombing in Afghanistan that is charged in the criminal complaint unsealed on Wednesday.
Today, Hakimullah Mehsud is a fugitive believed to be residing in the FATA.
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