WASHINGTON: Tightening the noose around Lashkar-e-Taiba, the US today designated the Pakistan-based terror group’s student wing Al-Muhammadia Students a terrorist organisation and slapped sanctions against its two top leaders.
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.
“To that effect, Al-Muhammadia Students (AMS) is the student wing of LeT,” it said.
Founded in 2009, AMS is a subsidiary of LeT and has worked with LeT senior leaders to organise recruiting courses and other activities for youth, it added.
Simultaneously, the US Treasury Department designated two LeT senior leaders, Muhammad Sarwar and Shahid Mahmood, as global terrorists. Both the LeT leaders are based in Pakistan.
“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. (AGENCIES)
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