Afghan warlord's assets frozen
Iran has frozen four bank accounts belonging to renegade Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar who is believed to have teamed up with Taliban rebels and al-Qaida militants, the chairman of a United Nations sanctions committee said.
UN anti-terrorism sanctions require all 191 UN member states to impose a travel ban and arms embargo against a list of those linked to the Taliban or al-Qaida and to freeze their financial assets.
Hekmatyar is one of 318 individuals and 115 groups on the list.
Chile’s UN ambassador Heraldo Munoz, who chairs the Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against the Taliban and al-Qaida, said: “Iran has frozen considerable assets in four separate accounts of an individual on our list, Mr Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, and has apprehended a number of al-Qaida operatives.”
