OFAC AND 6 GULF STATES SANCTION TALIBAN FACILITATORS AND THEIR IRANIAN SUPPORTERS

On 29^th November, the US Treasury announced that the 7 member nations of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC – being Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and UAE) took significant actions to expose and disrupt Taliban actors and their Iranian sponsors that seek to undermine the security of the Afghan Government.   The TFTC Member States (including OFAC in the US) have designated 9 individuals associated with the Taliban, including those facilitating Iranian support to bolster the terrorist group.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/treasury-and-the-terrorist-financing-targeting-center-partners-sanction

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20181023.aspx

Author: raytodd2017

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