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| Treasury freezes assets of 1 Haqqani Network leader |
| 2010-07-23 |
| The U.S. Treasury Department has added three prominent members of the Taliban and its affiliate the Haqqani Network long after the Haqqani Network became a problem to a list that prohibits any financial transactions with them by US citizens. Those targeted "for supporting acts of terrorism" 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 but fails to blacklist the Haqqani Network as a whole in order to keep warm relations with Pakistan. The Haqqani Network is based in Waziristan, one of Pakistan's remote tribal areas, and has recently been identified by US officials as one of the most effective and dangerous insurgent groups. It is led by Nasiruddin Haqqani's brother and has been blamed for several bomb attacks in Kabul in the last year. The Treasury Department says Nasiruddin has made several trips to the United Arab Emirates to raise US officials say Gul Agha Ishakzai is the head of the Taliban's financial commission and belongs to a council in Baluchistan, Pakistan that coordinates the collection of money. He is thought to be a close adviser to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. According to a United Nations list, Amir Abdullah has traveled to the Gulf and Libya raising |
| Posted by:American Delight |