US welcomes UN ban on TTP

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US welcomes UN ban on TTP

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The US welcomed the inclusion of Tehrik-E-Taliban Pakistan to the UN sanctions list.

30 July,2011 05:53 am

According to a state department statement issued from Washington, the UN Securioty Council ban on the terrorists’ organization is a clear indication for terrorists’ aides and supporters that the global body has zero tolerance for such acts.The state department spokes person said that the ban would help the US cause of eliminating terrorism and defeating Al Qaeda.Tehrik-E-Taliban Pakistan attacked US military base in Afghanistan in 2009 and the US consulate in Peshawar in 2010.Earlier, the UN announced that it had added the Pakistani Taliban to its terrorism blacklist, subjecting it to an asset freeze and arms embargo in a move supported by the United States, Britain and the Pakistani government.The Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against al-Qaida said it added Tehrik-E Taliban Pakistan, better known as the Pakistani Taliban or the TTP, to its list of groups subject to an asset freeze and arms embargo. Its top leaders, Hakimullah Mehsud and Wali Ur Rehman, have been on the list since last October and are subject to these sanctions as well as a travel ban.