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31-421: The Punjabi Taliban began after former members of LeJ , SSP , JeM and various small groups established a cooperation network. Members of other small terrorist cells were also involved. The Punjabi Taliban does not include the groups mentioned nor all their members, but only the individuals who travelled to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to participate in the insurgency and later formed this group. In late December 2008,

62-482: A Shia settlement near Multan failed. Basra was killed due to the cross-fire between his group and police assisted by armed local Shia residents. Officials from Zabul province claim that Lashkar-e Jhangvi has a sanctuary in southern Afghanistan. Early on in 2016, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader Yousuf Mansoor Khurasani survived an insider attack in southern Afghanistan. LJ has ties to the Pakistani Taliban ,

93-659: A judicial review by the Chief Justice of the Federal Court . Both ministerial and judicial reviews are published in the Canada Gazette . The list is also published on the website of Public Safety Canada . The European Union has two lists of designated terrorist organisations that provide for different sanctions for the two groups. The first list is copied from the United Nations, and the second

124-682: A public list of designated terrorist individuals and entities. Since 18 December 2001, section 83.05 of the Canadian Criminal Code allows the Governor in Council to maintain a list of entities that are engaged in terrorism, facilitating it, or acting on behalf of such an entity. A review is conducted every five years by the Minister of Public Safety to determine whether an entity should remain listed. Entities may apply for

155-678: A sanction list of individuals and organizations involved in terrorist activity. The list is regulated by the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds From Illegal Activities Act 2001 and is complementary to the United Nations Security Council sanction lists. In Myanmar (formerly Burma ), the Anti-Terrorism Central Committee is responsible for designating terrorist organisations in accordance with

186-514: A significant effect on the groups' activities. Many organizations that have been designated as terrorist have denied using terrorism as a military tactic to achieve their goals, and there is no international consensus on the legal definition of terrorism . This listing does not include unaffiliated individuals accused of terrorism, which is considered lone wolf terrorism . This list also excludes groups which might be widely considered terrorist, but who are not officially designated according to

217-614: A terrorist organization. The Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates periodically issues resolutions to include individuals and organizations on its terrorist list. As of 4 March 2020, issued resolutions are 2014/41, 2017/18, 2017/28, 2017/45, 2018/24 and 2018/50. The United Nations does not have a list of all terrorist organizations. Instead, it has several lists focusing on international sanctions in particular contexts. The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 established lists focused Al-Qaeda ,

248-533: Is a Deobandi supremacist , terrorist and militant organisation based in Afghanistan . The organisation operates in Pakistan and Afghanistan and is an offshoot of anti-Shia party Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). The LeJ was founded by former SSP activists Riaz Basra , Malik Ishaq , Akram Lahori, and Ghulam Rasool Shah. The LeJ has claimed responsibility for various mass casualty attacks against

279-519: Is also guided by the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 . New Zealand also abides by several United Nations resolutions dealing with counter-terrorism including UN Resolutions 1267 , 1989 , 2253 , 1988 , and 1373 . Government of Pakistan under section 11-B of Anti Terrorism Act can declare an organization believed to be concerned with terrorism as a Proscribed Organization or put it under surveillance. Ministry of Interior issues

310-630: Is an autonomous list. As of 13 January 2020, there are 21 organizations in the autonomous list. Under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act , the Ministry of Home Affairs maintains a list of banned organizations. The state maintains a list of designated terror groups; it includes the US Armed Forces , CENTCOM , Iran International . The Israeli list of "Terrorists Organizations and Unauthorized Associations"

341-553: Is available at the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing of Israel. The Government of Kazakhstan publishes a list of terrorist organizations banned by courts. Kyrgyzstan maintains a consolidated list of "destructive, extremist and terrorist" organizations officially banned by courts. As of 6 November 2020, the list includes 21 organizations and 12 of them are recognized as terrorist organizations. The Ministry of Home Affairs of Malaysia maintains

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372-662: The 'Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act , No. 48 of 1979 regulations, cited as the Prevention of Terrorism (Proscription of Extremist Organizations). The National Bank of Tajikistan publishes national lists of individuals and organizations declared terrorist or extremists by the Supreme Court . In 2015, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan was banned in Tajikistan as

403-857: The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the US . The Department of Foreign Affairs publishes a list of designated terrorist organizations under the Human Security Act or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012. The passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 automatically recognized all terrorist group designations by the United Nations under Philippine law which includes

434-616: The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP), Ahle Sunnat Waljamaat (ASWJ), Al-Qaeda and Jundallah . Investigation found that Al Qaeda has been involved with training of LJ. Upon the death of Riaz Basra in May 2002, correspondence between al-Qaeda and LJ seems to have stopped. The Government of Pakistan designated the LJ a terrorist organization in August 2001, and

465-751: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Under the same law, the Anti-Terrorism Council was formed to designate groups as terrorists. A single federal list of organizations recognized as terrorist is used by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee maintains a list of terrorist organizations, named "Federal United list of Terrorist Organizations". Sri Lanka bans using

496-741: The Shia community in Pakistan , including multiple bombings that killed over 200 Hazara Shias in Quetta in 2013. It has also been linked to the Mominpura Graveyard attack in 1998, the abduction of Daniel Pearl in 2002, and the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in 2009. A predominantly Punjabi group, the LeJ has been labelled by Pakistani intelligence officials as one of

527-582: The United Nations . Basra, along with Akram Lahori and Malik Ishaq, separated from Sipah-e-Sahaba and formed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in 1996. ("Almost the entire leadership" of the group, is made up of "people who fought in Afghanistan".) The newly formed group took its name from Sunni cleric Haq Nawaz Jhangvi who led anti-Shia violence in the 1980s, one of the founders of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). LJ's founders believed that

558-608: The Pakistani government. On December 25 2013, the US drone strikes in Pakistan were temporarily halted so that the Pakistani government can have peace talks with both the TTP and Punjabi Taliban. However, days after the 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack , the US launched a drone attack killing 4 IMU militants and 2 Punjabi Taliban militants in a village near Miranshah , ending the peace talks. On 13 September 2014, Muawiya announced that

589-552: The Punjabi Government denied their existence, the Pakistani Government and Lahore Police acknowledged them and blamed them for the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team . The Punjabi Taliban claimed responsibility for the 2009 Chakwal mosque bombing and the 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre . The Punjabi Taliban and the TTP both claimed responsibility for the 2009 Lahore bombing . On 24 August 2013,

620-547: The Punjabi Taliban was leaving Pakistan to focus on fighting American soldiers in neighbouring Afghanistan. They later returned to Pakistan and dissolved shortly after. After the dissolution of the group, its leader Asmatullah Muawiya stated that he hopes to see the Sharia become the official law of Pakistan one day. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ( LeJ ; Urdu : لشکر جھنگوی , Army of Jhangvi ),

651-539: The Punjabi Taliban were an established and active militant group, the Government of Punjab has denied their existence. Shahbaz Sharif , stated that the term "Punjabi Taliban" was an "insult to the Punjabis " and blamed Rehman Malik for creating the term for ethnic purposes. At the crime scene of the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti , pamphlets were found that proved the existence of the Punjabi Taliban. Although

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682-735: The Punjabi Taliban were described as "patrolling the area [ South Waziristan ] in pickup trucks mounted with heavy guns and had been firing at drones wherever they spotted them. The vehicles were camouflaged with mud and grass". The Punjabi Taliban reportedly had strong relations with the TTP, the Afghan Taliban , TNSM and various other groups based in the NWFP and FATA . They were a mixed Salafi and Deobandi group. They were also active in their native Punjab where they attacked Ahmadi , Shia , Sufi , and other targets. The Punjabi Taliban had some foreign mujahideen in it as well. Although

713-519: The SSP had strayed from Jhangvi's ideals. Jhangvi was killed in an attack by Shia militants in 1990. Malik Ishaq, the operational chief of LJ, was released after 14 years by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 14 July 2011, after the Court dropped 34 of the 44 charges against him, involving the killing of around 100 people, and granted him bail in the remaining 10 cases due to lack of evidence. In 2013, Ishaq

744-444: The TTP and Punjabi Taliban had disagreements on whether to accept the Pakistani government's offers for peace talks. Asmatullah Muawiya, defended his argument by stating that the Punjabi Taliban and its Shura are completely separate from the TTP and their Shura and that the Punjabi Taliban was free to decide their own leadership and other matters. Eventually, both the TTP and the Punjabi Taliban decided to participate in peace talks with

775-700: The U.S. classified it as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under U.S. law in January 2003. As a result, its finances are blocked worldwide by the U.S government. An early version of this article was adapted from the public domain U.S. federal government sources. Militant organisation Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist. The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and former national governments, and inter-governmental organizations. Such designations have often had

806-606: The country's counter-terrorism law. Designations must be approved by the union government before being official. There are only two groups on Myanmar's terror list: the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army and Arakan Army , declared on 25 August 2017 and January 2019 The  New Zealand Police  are responsible for coordinating any requests to the Prime Minister for designation as a terrorist entity. The designation of terrorist organizations

837-518: The country's most dangerous organisations . Basra, the first Emir of LeJ, was killed in a police encounter in 2002. He was succeeded by Malik Ishaq , who was also killed, along with Ghulam Rasool Shah, in an encounter in Muzaffargarh in 2015. LeJ was banned by Pakistan in August 2001. The LeJ remains active, and has been designated as a terrorist organization by Australia , Canada , Pakistan , United Kingdom , United States and

868-633: The criteria specified above. Organizations listed by the United Nations Security Council ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee . Below is the list of organizations that have officially been designated as terrorist in the past, by the respective parties, but have since been delisted. Among the countries that publish a list of designated terrorist organizations, some have a clear established procedure for listing and delisting, and some are opaque. The Berghof Foundation argues that opaque delisting conditions reduce

899-413: The formal notification of proscription of an organization. National Counter Terrorism Authority is primarily concerned with monitoring for any signs of re-emergence through intelligence coordination, once an organization is proscribed. In 2003, the Ministry of Public Security published a list of "East Turkestan" terrorist organizations on its website mps.gov.cn . This list was translated to English by

930-778: The incentive for the organization to abandon terrorism, while fuelling radicalism. Since 2002, the Australian Government maintains a list of terrorist organizations under the Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002 . Listing, de-listing and re-listing follows a protocol that mainly involves the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Attorney-General's Department . The Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains

961-654: Was arrested at his home in Rahim Yar Khan of the Punjab province . LJ initially directed most of its attacks against the Pakistani Shia Muslim community. It also claimed responsibility for the 1997 killing of four U.S. oil workers in Karachi . Lashkar-e-Jhangvi attempted to assassinate Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 1999. Basra himself was killed in 2002 when an attack he was leading on

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