UN puts sanctions on Pak-based Haqqani network
8 Nov 2012 4:40 AM IST
The UN Security Council, under India's presidency, has imposed global sanctions against the dreaded Pakistan-based Haqqani militant network and the group's chief of suicide operations.
The Council's Afghanistan/Taliban Sanctions Committee on Monday added the Haqqani group and Qari Zakir to its list of entities which face an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. The move comes the same day that the US State Department designated Zakir as a ‘global terrorist’. The UN committee said the Haqqani network, which has been responsible for suicide attacks and targeted assassination as well as kidnappings in Kabul, is linked to al-Qaeda, Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan and Jaish-I-Mohammed.
On Zakir, it said the group's chief of suicide operations for the Haqqani network is in charge of all operations in Afghanistan's Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz and Baghlan Provinces.
He oversees training of suicide attackers and provides instructions on how to construct improvised explosives devices. India assumed the rotating Presidency of the UN Security Council for this month on Thursday.
The designation comes during Pakistan's current membership of the UN Security Council. The UN sanctions list now contains 131 individuals and three entities. Welcoming the move, US Permanent Representative to the UN Susan Rice said the action confirms the international community's resolve to end the Haqqani network's ability to execute violent attacks in Afghanistan.
The Council's Afghanistan/Taliban Sanctions Committee on Monday added the Haqqani group and Qari Zakir to its list of entities which face an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. The move comes the same day that the US State Department designated Zakir as a ‘global terrorist’. The UN committee said the Haqqani network, which has been responsible for suicide attacks and targeted assassination as well as kidnappings in Kabul, is linked to al-Qaeda, Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan and Jaish-I-Mohammed.
On Zakir, it said the group's chief of suicide operations for the Haqqani network is in charge of all operations in Afghanistan's Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz and Baghlan Provinces.
He oversees training of suicide attackers and provides instructions on how to construct improvised explosives devices. India assumed the rotating Presidency of the UN Security Council for this month on Thursday.
The designation comes during Pakistan's current membership of the UN Security Council. The UN sanctions list now contains 131 individuals and three entities. Welcoming the move, US Permanent Representative to the UN Susan Rice said the action confirms the international community's resolve to end the Haqqani network's ability to execute violent attacks in Afghanistan.
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