Agency, Islamabad

Pakistan has banned the Taleban militant group which has been behind many suicide attacks in the country since 2007.
The Tehreek-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP) will have its bank accounts and assets frozen, the interior ministry said.
Last week the Taleban claimed responsibility for an attack on a munitions plant in Punjab province in which 67 people were killed.
It is not yet clear what impact the ban will have on the militants.
The TTP is a loose grouping of militants headed by Baitullah Mehsud who is based in Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal district on Afghanistan’s border. [Read more]