UNSC sanctions Tehrik-e-Taliban's Noor Wali Mehud; imposes travel ban, arms embargo

In a significant development in tightening grip on terrorist plotting against India from across border, United Nations Security Council has ded ar Pakistani terrorist in its designated terrorist list. Nur Wali Mehsud a.k.a. Abu Mansoor Asim, leer of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been put under sanctions in ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of entities subject to assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. terrorist is a Pakistan national. 

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Or UN Designated terrorists from Pakistan 

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder and Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD) Chief Hafiz Saeed is also a UN Designated terrorist working from Pakistan soil and plotting terror activities against India. He is mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attack which killed 164 civilians. US has anunced a bounty of USD 10 million on Saeed.

Also, UN Security Council has sanctioned ar Pakistani, Masood Azhar, leer of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). He was also designated as an international terrorist by UNSC. JeM has carried out a series of attacks on India including 2001 attack on Indian Parliament.  perpetrators belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), both Pakistan-based terrorist organisations.  attack led to deaths of five terrorists, six Delhi Police personnel, two Parliament Security Service personnel and a gardener.

2016 Pathankot attack on Indian airbase is said to be masterminded by Masood Azhar and his bror, after which India conducted a surgical strike against terrorist launch ps across  Line of Control in Pakistani occupied Kashmir (PoK), and inflicted significant casualties.

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Latest in series of attacks was  2019 Pulwama terror attack which martyred 44 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and attacker. After attack, France, United Kingdom and United States moved a proposal at UN Security Council to ban Masood. China at multiple occasions blocked international attempts to designate him as an international terrorist however, it pulled blocke in May 2019, finally resulting in listing of Masood Azhar as a global terrorist.

Besides, Indian Air Force conducted a pre-emptive airstrike in Balakot area in PoK striking JeM's biggest terror camp and neutralising a large number of terrorists and trainers of Pakistan-based terror group.