Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud sitting with other millitants in South Waziristan, October 4, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Reuters TVU.S. Adds Pakistani Taliban To Terror List -- Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration designated the Pakistani Taliban a terrorist group and prosecutors filed criminal charges against its leader, legal moves aimed at battling militants blamed for two major plots against the U.S. in recent months.
U.S. counterterrorism officials say the group, which is also known as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, financed and provided training to the suspect who attempted the failed May 1 bombing in New York's Times Square. The group claimed responsibility for that attempt and the Dec. 30 suicide bombing that killed seven Central Intelligence Agency employees at a base near Khost, Afghanistan.
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More News On Listing The Pakistan Taliban As A Terror Organization
Pakistani Taliban Put on U.S. List of Terror Organizations; Leader Charged -- Bloomberg
Leader of Pakistan Taliban charged in CIA bombing -- MSNBC
U.S. ups the stakes in hunt for terrorist leader -- CNN
US charges Pakistani Taliban chief over CIA killings -- AFP
U.S. charges Pakistani Taliban leader in CIA killings -- Reuters
State Department designates Pakistani Taliban as a "foreign terrorist organization" -- The Cable/Foreign Policy
My Comment: This is long overdue.