Ar Pakistan based terrorist and leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or Wali, also kwn as Mufti or Wali Mehsud was designated as a terrorist by United States on September 11, 18th anniversary of ghastly attack on twin tower by Al Qaeda, at time when Islamabad has been facing flak from FATF and global community over terrorism. 

decision by United States state department was taken to deny terrorist group " resources to plan and carry out attacks". This comes as a colossal setback for Pakistan, which has been repeatedly called out by global socio-political community over its backing for terror organisations and has been concurrently facing heat of FATF for its complicity towards terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) among ors.

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Pakistan under radar for terror

Along with TPP, state department also listed leaders of Hizballah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, ISIS, ISIS-Philippines and ISIS-West Africa. department also designated an al-Qa'ida affiliate in Syria- Hurras al-Din-- as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

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" State Department is moving aggressively to implement se new authorities. Today, Department has designated one terrorist group - Hurras al-Din, an al-Qa'ida affiliate in Syria - as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT)," statement said.

" Department has also designated as SDGTs 12 leaders of previously designated groups, including Hizballah, HAMAS, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, ISIS, ISIS-Philippines, ISIS-West Africa, and Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan. In addition to se actions, Department of Treasury has designated 15 additional terrorists affiliated with ISIS, ISIS-Philippines, ISIS-Khorasan, al-Qa'ida, HAMAS, and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force under same authority," added.

new order puts foreign financial institutions on tice that y risk sanctions if y kwingly "conduct or facilitate any significant transactions on behalf of designated terrorists".

FATF place Pakistan in "enhanced blacklist" over country's inaction against terror funding perpetrating from its soil. On September 9, a team from Pakistan was grilled in Bangkok wherein y had to answer 125 questions face-to-face thrown by finance watchdog body. In a stern warning, FATF has asked Pakistan to expedite its action plan to curb terror financing by October or country would be blacklisted, thus worsening an already crippled ecomy.  action by US might adversely impact Islamabad case in front of FATF.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, also identified as Pakistan Taliban is an alliance of terror group. terrorist organisation based in Pakistan has been responsible for carrying multiple suicide bombings, that killed hundreds of civilians. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan was earlier designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) by Department of State.

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or Wali was named as fourth Emir (leader) of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan on June 2008, following death of former leader Mullah Fazlullah. "Under or Wali's leadership, TTP has claimed responsibility for numerous deadly terrorist attacks across Pakistan," said US state department in a statement.

According to reports, or Wali has fought along with Afghanistan Taliban against US forces following 9/11 attacks. He has also served as a military commander, leading TTP in Karachi. groups alliance with Al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban has kept m alive inside Pakistan. According to United Nations, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan is responsible for "financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under name of, on behalf of, or in support of, supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to, recruiting for or orwise supporting acts or activities of" Al-Qaida.

Under its second emir, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan is responsible to carry out a suicide attack against US intelligence officers in Afghanistan, that killed seven CIA officers at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Chapman in 2009. first three leaders of Pakistan-based terror group were killed by US drone strikes inside Pakistan and Afghanistan.  

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