ISLAMABAD, April 28: The United States put two Pakistani charities on its terrorist list on Friday, saying they were fronts for Lashkar-i-Taiba (LeT), one of the most feared groups fighting Indian rule in occupied Kashmir.

The State Department announced that it was freezing assets in the United States belonging to Jamaat ud-Dawa and one of its affiliates, Idara Khidmat-i-Khalq.

Jamaat ud-Dawa has been prominent in providing relief after the Oct 8 earthquake in Pakistan.

Lashkar was put on the US terrorist list in 2001. It has been blamed for several violent attacks in India.

It was also sanctioned by a UN. committee on terrorism for its association with Al Qaeda, though security analysts say that Lashkar has maintained less strong linkages with Osama bin Laden’s network than several other Pakistani groups.

When Lashkar was banned by the government, its leadership claimed they were members of Jamaat ud-Dawa and that Lashkar-i-Taiba only operated in held Kashmir.—Reuters