US, Saudi Arabia sanction alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba supporters

Sanctions also targeted Pakistan-based Al-Rahmah Welfare Organization which US says was a front for al Qaeda


Reuters April 01, 2016
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. PHOTO: FILE

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and the United States imposed joint sanctions targeting the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, the two countries announced on Thursday.

The sanctions targeted four individuals and two affiliated organisations, including James Alexander McLintock and the Pakistan-based Al-Rahmah Welfare Organization, which the US Treasury Department said was a front for al Qaeda.

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Also listed were Abdul Aziz Nuristani, the Jamia Asariya Madrassa, Naveed Qamar and Saudi Arabia-based Muhammad Ijaz Safarash, who was accused of arranging travel documents and financial transfers for Lashkar-e-Taiba from the kingdom.

The announcement marks the second time that the United States and Saudi officials have coordinated their actions to disrupt the finances of militant groups in Southeast Asia.

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Last April, they levied joint sanctions against Al-Furqan Foundation Welfare Trust, also based in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

COMMENTS (9)

Sandip | 7 years ago | Reply All this drama around Mr. Kulbhushan Jhadav was expressly meant to counter this hugely embarrassing moment. It was meant to deflect attention from the utter failure of the Pakistani deep state's policy of using terrorism as an instrument of state policy. However we doubt Pakistan will learn any lessons from this and change it's behaviour. It has been Pakistan's great misfortune that it's deep state has found one patron or the other that finds it expedient to use Pakistani services in creating mayhem in the region and beyond. First it was the US, then it was the gulf states and now it is China. In the case of China, they had better realize that unless these terrorists are eliminated from Pakistan, it's investments will not be safe. But then, they probably don't care. As most of these investments are loans and Pakistan will have to pay it back anyhow.
Jawad U Rahman | 7 years ago | Reply Why do we wait until others do it? Shouldn't Pakistan itself be disrupting terror financing?
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