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US slaps curbs on Haqqani Network
Ashish Kumar Sen in Washington

The US Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on three key leaders and financiers of the Taliban and its affiliated group, the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network.

The three who have been targeted are: Gul Agha Ishakzai, the head of the Taliban's financial commission, Amir Abdullah, former treasurer to senior Taliban leader Mullah Baradar and Nasiruddin Haqqani, an emissary for the Haqqani Network.

The order freezes any assets the three have under the U.S. jurisdiction and prohibits the U.S. nationals from engaging in any transactions with them.

“Today’s designation of three senior leaders and financiers for the Taliban and its affiliated Haqqani Network builds upon Treasury’s longstanding efforts to deprive these extremists of the resources they need to execute their violent activities,” said Adam Szubin, director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.

All three were added to a UN sanctions list earlier this week.