The US Department of State on Tuesday designated Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah, as a ‘global terrorist’.
Under Executive Order (EO) 13224, the TTP chief was sanctioned as ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’ , a statement said on Tuesday.
As a result of the designation, US citizens are prohibited from engaging in transactions with Fazlullah, while all property and interests of Mullah Fazlullah within United States, or under the control of US citizens will be frozen.
Mullah Fazlullah had succeeded Hakimullah Mehsud as the commander of TTP in November 2013.
Under the leadership of Fazlullah, TTP claimed responsibility for the December 16, 2014 attack on a school in Peshawar that resulted in the deaths of at least 148 people, mostly students.
US had designated the TTP as a foreign terrorist organisation and a specially designated global terrorist on September 1, 2010. TTP had also been included in the United Nations 1267/1989 al Qaeda Sanctions Committee on July 29, 2011.