US Adds Head of Pakistani Taliban to Official Terrorism List

The United States has added to its official terrorism list the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, which claimed credit for last month's assault on a Pakistani school that killed 134 children and 16 staff members. The State Department on Tuesday named Maulana Fazlullah, also known as Mullah Fazlullah, a "specially designated global terrorist," a label meant to target "terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism." The designation makes...

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