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US To List Haqqani Network As Terrorist Organization
The United States will designate the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, accused of high-profile attacks in Afghanistan, as a terrorist organization, the U.S. State Department said on Friday, in a move that would trigger sanctions against the group and turns up the heat on Pakistan‘s government.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a report to Congress on Friday in Brunei stating that the network met the criteria to be designated as a foreign terrorist organization, the department said. A U.S. official said the formal designation would be made in the coming days.
“Based on that assessment, she will notify Congress that she intends to designate the Haqqani network as an FTO (foreign terrorist organization) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist Entity,” the official said as Clinton attended an APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia. READ MORE HERE
