UNSC sanctions Jamat-ul-Ahrar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday welcomed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decision to include Jamat-ul-Ahrar in the list of entities subject to travel bans, arms embargos and freezing of assets. 

Islamabad had proposed including the banned organisation in the list, said a statement from the Foreign Office (FO). 

The JuA based in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan has been involved in a series of terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. 

Pakistan had proscribed JuA last year.

Since 2014, when the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar first surfaced, it proved itself to be a lethal terrorist group, perpetrating some of the most brutal attacks in Pakistan.

From August 2014 till date, the group has been involved in 116 terrorist attacks on Pakistani soil. 

In the latest update 'Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List' the Jamaat ul Ahrar has been identified as a splinter group of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan "associated with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levenant" aka Daesh.

The UNSC list mentions that JuA was banned in Pakistan on the 21 November 2016.

Jamaat ul Ahrar: Changing the militant landscape in Pakistan

From August 2014 to date, Jamaat ul Ahraar has been found involved in 116 terrorist attacks in Pakistan