State Dept. Freezes Assets of Two Pakistani Charities

From the Washington Post: Pakistan has no plans to act against two charities listed by the United States last week as terrorist organisations, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The State Department last Friday designated Jamaat ud-Dawa and one of its affiliates, Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq, as terrorist organizations, saying they were fronts for Lashkar-e-Taiba, one of the most feared Islamist groups fighting Indian rule in Kashmir. The State Department said all assets held by the two charities in the United States would be frozen. For the whole scoop...
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