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Detailed explanation-1: -Reasons for the decision however do not mention the Pulwama attack . Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar was listed as a designated terrorist by the UN Security Council 1267 Committee on Wednesday.

Detailed explanation-2: -Security Council resolution 1624 (2005), which addresses incitement to commit terrorist acts, stresses that States must ensure that any measures they take to implement the resolution comply with all their obligations under international law, including international human rights law.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pakistan maintains that Azhar is hiding somewhere between Kunar and Nangarhar provinces of eastern Afghanistan. The May 2022 report of the United Nations Security Council’s monitoring committee pointed out that JeM has several camps in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province where a “few hundred” of its members are operating.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a minimum,Terrorism involves the intimidation or coercion of populations or governments through the threat or perpetration of violence, causing death, serious injury or the taking of hostages.

Detailed explanation-5: -In early 1994, Azhar travelled to Srinagar under a fake identity, to ease tensions between Harkat-ul-Ansar’s feuding factions of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. India arrested him in February from Khanabal near Anantnag and imprisoned him for his terrorist activities with the groups.