[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 149 (Saturday, August 22, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E784-E785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PAKISTAN SANCTIONS TALIBAN

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Saturday, August 22, 2020

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, the Associated Press 
reports today that Pakistan issued sweeping financial sanctions against 
Afghanistan's Taliban.
  Prime Minister lmran Khan has taken bold action to protect the people 
of Pakistan. I personally still cherish my visits to Islamabad 
including attending the joint U.S. Marine--Pakistan relief efforts at 
the earthquake in Muzaffarabad.
  President Donald Trump has successfully supported the Financial 
Action Task Force in Paris, which monitors money laundering and tracks 
terrorist groups.
  The orders, which were made public late on Friday, identified dozens 
of individuals, including the Taliban's chief peace negotiator Abdul 
Ghani Baradar and several members of the Haqqani family, including 
Sirajuddin, the current head of the Haqqani network and deputy head of 
the Taliban.
  As well as the Taliban, the orders also target al-Qaida and the 
Islamic State affiliate which has carried out deadly attacks in both 
Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  They also take aim at outlawed Pakistani groups like Tehreek-e-
Taliban Pakistan (TTP),

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thousands of whom are believed by the U.N. to be hiding in remote 
regions of Afghanistan. The TTP has declared war on Pakistan, carrying 
out one of the worst terrorist attacks in the country in 2014 killing 
145 children and their teachers at an army public school in northwest 
Pakistan.
  The orders also take aim at outlawed anti-Indian groups considered 
allied with the country's security services. It is so mutually 
beneficial for Pakistan and India at work together for peace and 
prosperity.

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