Monday, 5 November 2012

UN Security Council orders global sanctions against Haqqani militant group

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Monday ordered global sanctions against the Haqqani militant group in Afghanistan and its suicide attack mastermind.

The network, which has been widely linked to Pakistan, is accused of carrying out a string of major attacks in Afghanistan including against the US and Indian embassies and a major hotel in Kabul.

Haqqani and its chief suicide attack organiser, Qari Zakir, were added to the UN’s Afghanistan-Taliban sanctions list. This means

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