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The United States has announced that it was adding the student wing of the Pakistan-based militant organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), to its list of foreign terrorist organizations. The State Department’s move against the student group, Al-Muhammadia Students, came as the Treasury Department added two Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders to the US list of specially designated global terrorists, subjecting them to US sanctions.
LeT has been accused of orchestrating numerous attacks, including a 2008 assault in Mumbai that killed 166 people. LeT was banned by the Pakistani government in 2002 but it has continued operating through front organizations, according to US officials, and their leaders conduct public rallies and interviews.