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45 Taliban, Qaeda members taken off UN terror list
Ten Taliban members and 35 al Qaeda members and affiliates have been removed from a UN sanctions terror list after an exhaustive review of 488 names, Austria's UN ambassador announced on Monday."As a result of the review of 488 names, 45 were de-listed," chairman of the UN Security Council panel Thomas Mayr-Harting told the reporters. The council maintains a blacklist of individuals and entities linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban. He said that those removed, following requests from governments, include 10 individuals associated with the Taliban as well as 14 individuals and 21 entities linked at some point to al Qaeda. Amongst the 10 Taliban removed from the list was a former Afghan envoy to the UN, author of My Life with the Taliban, Abdul Salam Zaeef and two officials who are now deceased. A final decision for the 66 amongst them is still pending. As part of his efforts to promote national reconciliation, Afghan President Hamid Karzai had asked the security council to remove names of some Taliban members who were not linked to al Qaeda, from the terrorism blacklist. Posted by: Fred 2010-08-03 |
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