Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) are foreign organizations that are
designated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended. FTO designations play a
critical role in our fight against terrorism and are an effective means of
curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to get out
of the terrorism business.

1. Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)
2. Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
3. Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
4. Al-Shabaab
5. Ansar al-Islam (AAI)
6. Asbat al-Ansar
7. Aum Shinrikyo (AUM)
8. Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
9. Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA)
10. Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
11. Gama’a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group)
12. HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement)
13. Haqqani Network (HQN)
14. Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B)
15. Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HUM)
16. Hizballah (Party of God)
17. Islamic Jihad Group (IJU)
18. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
19. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) (Army of Mohammed)
20. Jemaah Anshorut Tawhid (JAT)
21. Jemaah Islamiya organization (JI)
22. Kahane Chai (Kach)
23. Kata'ib Hizballah (KH)
24. Kongra-Gel (KGK, formerly Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, KADEK)
25. Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LT) (Army of the Righteous)
26. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ)
27. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
28. Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)
29. Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM)
30. National Liberation Army (ELN)
31. Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
32. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
33. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
34. PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)
35. Al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI)
36. Al-Qa’ida (AQ)
37. Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
38. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (formerly GSPC)
39. Real IRA (RIRA)
40. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
41. Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N)
42. Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C)
43. Revolutionary Struggle (RS)
44. Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)
45. United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
46. Harakat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI)
47. Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
48. Jundallah
49. Army of Islam (AOI)
50. Indian Mujahidin (IM)
    

For more information, please visit www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm
To view facts sheets on all FTOs, visit www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2011/195553.htm#AQ