Listing of Jamaat Ul Ahrar (JuA) by UN Security Council
(2017-07-07) Pakistan welcomes the listing of Jamaat ul Ahrar by the UN Security Council. The Security Council’s 1267 Sanctions Committee yesterday approved the addition of JuA in the list of entities and individuals subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. Pakistan had proposed this listing.
The JuA operates from Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan and has been involved in a series of terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. Pakistan had proscribed JuA last year.
Islamabad
07 July 2017
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Last modified: November 18, 2019
