| Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Taiba, which is among the outfits responsible for terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, has been banned by the United Nations for its links with Al-Qaeda. The organisation, along with its aliases, has been banned under UN resolution 1267 under which all states are obliged to freeze the assets, prevent their entry into or transit through their territories. The resolution also asks the member countries to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale and transfer of arms and military equipment with the entitities belonging to the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda organisation. Lashker-e-Taiba was put on the list on May 2 this year with all its aliases, including Al-Mansoorian, a shadow outfit which has nowadays been active in Jammu and Kashmir. Pasban-e-Ahle-Hadit, Pasban-e-Ahlehadis, Army of Pure, The Army of Pure and Righteous have also been included in the banned list and all of them are "shadow" outfits of Lashker terrorist outfit. |