US administration slapped sanctions on four Taliban and two Haqqani network leaders for terrorist activities and said Pakistan must work with the US to deny the terror groups safe haven on its soil and target their funding. All six have been designated as global terrorists by the US’ Department of Treasury. All property and interests in property of these persons subject to US jurisdiction are blocked, and the US citizens are prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
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“We are targeting six individuals related to the Taliban or Haqqani Network who have been involved in attacks on coalition troops, smuggling of individuals, or financing these terrorist groups,” said Sigal Mandelker, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. “The Pakistani government must work with us to deny the Taliban and the Haqqani Network sanctuary and to aggressively target the terrorist fund rising,” Mandelker said.
He said that the action supports the President Donald Trump’s South Asian Strategy by disrupting terrorist organizations and publically exposing individuals who facilitate their activities. Basher was the financial advisor to the Taliban’s Peshawar Military Council and head of the Taliban’s Peshawar Financial Commission in early 2010. He personally delivers money from the Taliban’s leadership Shura to Taliban groups throughout Pakistan. During the Taliban regime, he was the general consul of the Taliban in Islamabad in Pakistan, and according to the United Nations, he also served as the Taliban regime’s military attach at the Taliban embassy in Islamabad.
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