WASHINGTON: The US Treasury hit a "key" commander in the Haqqani network with sanctions Thursday, raising pressure on Pakistan to do more against the Al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked group.
The Treasury said Abdul Aziz Abbasin, an Afghan native, was appointed by the Haqqani group as "the Taliban shadow governor" in Orgun district of Afghanistan, aiding the fight against NATO coalition forces in the country.
It said Abbasin commands a group of Taliban fighters and has helped run a militant training camp.
US officials have linked the Haqqani group to a recent attack on the US embassy in Kabul, a truck bombing on a NATO outpost and a June attack on Kabul's InterContinental hotel.
Washington is currently weighing designating the network as a foreign terrorist organization, a US official said Monday.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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