The U.S. State Department has announced Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Kashmir's oldest militant group, is now a designated terrorist group.
The designation freezes any American based assets of the group, and bans U.S. citizens from doing business with them.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert adds, action notifies the U.S. public and the international community that HM is a terrorist organization.
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