Militant Group Based in Pakistan Added to Sanctions List

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The Security Council’s Taliban sanctions committee on Monday added the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, accused of high-profile attacks in Afghanistan, to a United Nations blacklist, the United States said. The committee also singled out Qari Zakir, a commander involved in planning many of the network’s highest-profile suicide attacks, said Susan E. Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations. “These sanctions oblige all U.N. member states to implement an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo against Zakir and the Haqqani network,” Ms. Rice said. Diplomats said it was significant that Pakistan did not stand in the way of the move. The United States designated the Haqqani network as a terrorist organization in September. The State Department said Monday that it had added Mr. Zakir to its list of specially designated terrorists to freeze any property he might have under American jurisdiction and prohibit any American transactions with him.