US targets Afghan Taliban leaders with sanctions
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The United States targeted key leaders of Afghanistan's Taliban with new financial sanctions Thursday in a move that could complicate relations with Pakistan and Afghan efforts to reconcile with insurgents.
The action by the Treasury Department will freeze the militants' assets, ban travel and trigger an arms embargo. It follows similar action by the United Nations earlier this week, and comes after calls from Gen. David Petraeus, the top military commander in Afghanistan, and Sen. Carl Levin, a Democrat and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, for sanctions against Afghan insurgent commanders operating in Pakistan. (AP)
