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Pakistani militant leaders added to UN sanctions list

Four leaders of Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba have been added to a United Nations sanctions list, the UN said on Wednesday.

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  • Published: 09:20 December 11, 2008
  • Gulf News

United Nations: Four leaders of Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba have been added to a United Nations sanctions list, the UN said on Wednesday.

India has accused the group, which is considered an Al Qaida affiliate, of being behind last month's deadly attacks in Mumbai which killed at least 171 people.

The militants added to the sanctions list include Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, which the UN statement described as the leader of the group.

The others are Pakistan-born Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the chief of operations, Haji Mohammad Ashraf, the chief of finance, and India-born Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq, described as a financier for the group who served as its chief in Saudi Arabia.

The US Treasury Department levied sanctions on the same four in May.

The UN sanctions, covered by Security Council resolution 1267 from 1999, include the mandatory freezing of assets and travel bans.

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