Pakistan's National Counterterrorism Authority (NACTA) on July 31 added Hafiz Gul Bahadur and the Majid Brigade to its list of terrorist organizations, raising the number of Pakistani groups on the list to 81. The Hafiz Gul Bahadur militant group is active in the tribal areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The group stopped its attacks against the Pakistani government after an agreement in 2006 but resumed attacking from Afghanistan, where the Pakistani Foreign Ministry says the group has “thousands of associates.” The Majid Brigade is the “special force” of the Baluch Liberation Army, a Baluch militant group which has recently intensified attacks on Pakistani military bases and Chinese nationals in Balochistan. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal, click here.
Pakistan Adds 2 More Militant Groups To Its 'Terror' List
Residents return on a street partially blocked by barbed wire a day after an army cantonment was attacked by a militant suicide squad in Bannu on July 16.