After the instructions from US secretary of state John Kerry who was on the visit to Pakistan, Pakistan banned 12 terrorist organizations including the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and the Hakkani network
The move is seen as a part of Pakistan’s anti-terrorist efforts after the Peshawar attack.
What is JuD?
- Pakistan based terrorist organisation
- A front for the Lashar-e-Taiba – a banned organisation
- Hafiz Saeed – the Chief of organisation
- India blames Hafiz Saeed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
- UN had banned the group in December 2008
What is Hakkani network?
- One of the many Mujahideen groups that the CIA and ISI patronized against the soviet in the 1980s
- It has been blamed for carrying deadly attacks on Indian interests in Afghanistan.
- It is said to have carried out attacks on the Indian embassy in Kabul and consulate in Herat.
