US state department puts 2 more Pakistani extremist groups on SDGTs
Q. US state department has put two more Pakistani extremist groups on SDGTs. What does SDGTs stand for?- Published on 26 May 16a. Specially Designated Global Terrorists
b. Specially Designed General Terrorists
c. Specially Deputed Global Terrorists
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Specially Designated Global Terrorists
US state department on May 25 put two more Pakistani extremist groups on a Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) list
- The two outfits designated global terrorist groups are the Tariq Gidar Group (TGG) and Jama'at ul Dawa al-Qu'ran (JDQ).
- They are determined to have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of US nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, the state department said in its designation.
- TGG is a Pakistani Taliban (TTP) linked group based in Darra Adam Khel that is responsible for the massacre at the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, that left 132 schoolchildren and nine staffers dead - the deadliest terrorist attack in Pakistan's history.
- The group's leader, Umar Mansoor, is also known as the mastermind of the January 2016 attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan, that killed 20 and wounded between 50 and 60 others, it added.
