US brands South Asian jihadists as terrorists

The United States on Thursday announced it was designating South Asian al-Qaeda and Pakistani Taliban leaders as terrorists, vowing action as alarms grow over Afghanistan. The targeted jihadists including four leaders of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a regional branch of the jihadist network, including its self-styled "emir" Osama Mehmood. The United States also designated the number two of the Pakistani Taliban, Mufti Hazrat Deroji as a terrorist.