Continuing its stride against terrorism, the Trump administration has designated six individuals as global terrorists who are accused of supporting the Taliban and Haqqani network in Afghanistan and having their links to Pakistan. The black listed individuals include senior members of the former Taliban government in Afghanistan, and former central bank governor Abdul Samad Sani. <br/><br/>The designated terrorist are accused of providing financial assistance and weapons for militants involved in attacks on US-led coalition forces.<br/>Senior Treasury Department official Sigal Mandelker said yesterday that the sanctions were inline with the President Donald Trump's strategy in South Asia of weakning "terrorist" organisations and publicly exposing the individuals involved with them."The Pakistani government must work with US to deny the Taliban and the Haqqani network sanctuary and to aggressively target their terrorist fundraising," Mandelker said.

Continuing its stride against terrorism, the Trump administration has designated six individuals as global terrorists who are accused of supporting the Taliban and Haqqani network in Afghanistan and having their links to Pakistan. The black listed individuals include senior members of the former Taliban government in Afghanistan, and former central bank governor Abdul Samad Sani. <br/><br/>The designated terrorist are accused of providing financial assistance and weapons for militants involved in attacks on US-led coalition forces.<br/>Senior Treasury Department official Sigal Mandelker said yesterday that the sanctions were inline with the President Donald Trump's strategy in South Asia of weakning "terrorist" organisations and publicly exposing the individuals involved with them."The Pakistani government must work with US to deny the Taliban and the Haqqani network sanctuary and to aggressively target their terrorist fundraising," Mandelker said.