[Dawn] The US Treasury said on Wednesday it had frozen the assets of three Pak-based individuals suspected of backing the Taliban and other jihad boy organizations blamed for violence in Pakistain and Afghanistan.Treasury said it froze all US assets and prohibited any US individuals from doing business with Maulawi Adam Khan Achekzai, Aamir Ali Chaudhry and Qari Ayyub Bashir.
Adam and Chaudhry were involved in the production of bombs for the Taliban and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), the Pak Taliban, the US Treasury said in a statement.
Bashir coordinated financial support for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in Afghanistan and Pakistain, it added.
"As these designations demonstrate, we will continue to work to dismantle the terrorist support networks operating in Afghanistan and Pakistain, paying special attention to those involved in the manufacture of IEDs (improvised bombs)," said David Cohen, US undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.