The United Nations:
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist group, Noor Wali Mehsud, has been designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations for its participation in the financing, planning and carrying out of acts on behalf of and in support of entities associated with Al-Qaida.
On Thursday, 1267, the UN Security Council’s ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee added Mehsud, 42, to the ISIL (Al-Daesh) and Al-Qaida sanctions list, submitting the national Pakistani government to freeze assets, travel ban and arms embargo.
The Sanctions Committee stated that Mehsud was on the list for “having participated in the financing, planning, facilitation or commission of acts or activities by, jointly with, under the name, in the name or in support “of entities associated with Qaida.
In June 2018, Mehsud was appointed head of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, following the death of Maulana Fazlullah.
The TTP was blacklisted by the UN on July 29, 2011 for its association with al-Qaida.
“Under the leadership of Noor Wali, the TTP claimed responsibility for numerous deadly terrorist attacks across Pakistan, including an attack against Pakistani security forces in northern Waziristan in July 2019 and a bomb attack against soldiers Pakistani to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in August 2019, “said the sanctions committee. .
The group claimed responsibility for a bombing attempt in Times Square on May 1, 2010, and in April 2010 it launched a multi-pronged attack on the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, killing at least six Pakistanis and injuring 20 others, according to the Committee. added.
The US Department of State’s Center for South and Central Affairs Office (SCA) said in a tweet that it welcomes the addition of Mehsud by the UN to the sanctions list of the EIIL and Al Qaida.
“The TTP is responsible for many deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan. The United States designated Noor Wali as a terrorist in September 2019,” he said in the tweet.
Welcome news @UN added Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistani leader Noor Wali Mehsud to its ISIL & AQ sanctions list. The TTP has been responsible for numerous deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan. The United States designated Noor Wali as a terrorist in September 2019.
– State_SCA (@State_SCA) July 16, 2020
Blacklisting by the Security Council implies that all states are required to immediately freeze the funds and other financial assets or economic resources of the persons and entities designated.
They are also required to prevent entry or transit through their territory by designated persons and to prevent the direct, indirect supply, sale and transfer from their territory or by their nationals outside their territory, or by using their flag ships or aircraft and related equipment of all types, spare parts and technical advice, assistance or training related to military activities, designated persons and entities.
