US State Department designates Al-Muhammadia Students a terrorist organisation

“This designation is being timed in coordination with today’s Treasury designation of two LeT senior leaders, Muhammad Sarwar and Shahid Mahmood,” the media note said.

In December 2001, the Department of State had designated Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation.

“Since the original designation occurred, the LeT has repeatedly changed its name and created front organizations in an effort to avoid sanctions. To that effect, Al-Muhammadia Students is the student wing of LeT. Founded in 2009, AMS is a subsidiary of LeT and has worked with LeT senior leaders to organize recruiting courses and other activities for youth,” the release stated.

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