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.
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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.
"We have banned Tehreek-e-Taleban Pakistan because of their involvement in a series of suicide attacks," interior ministry chief Rehman Malik said.
"They themselves have claimed responsibility of several suicide attacks and the government cannot engage in a dialogue with such people," he said.
Mr Malik said the Taleban had "created mayhem against the public life".
(BBC)
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