According to an announcement updating the Treasury Department's list for specially designated nationals (SDN) the three individuals added to the SDN list include Harakatul Mujahideen's founder Fazlur Rehman Khalil.
Others sanctioned include Muhammad Naeem Sheikh linked to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and Umair Naeem Sheikh linked to Abdul Hameed Shahabuddin.
Abdul Hameed Shahabuddin group has also been sanctioned.
US treasury office of foreign assets control regularly updates a list of specially designated nationals SDNs. The list includes all terrorist groups and organisations, drug traffickers that are working for a targeted country.
The assets of these individuals are blocked in the US and US persons are generally prohibited from dealing with these persons.
The treasury department has also removed 18 individuals and entities from the list.
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