The US is applying sanctions to three leaders and financiers of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Treasury¹ officials say.

美国财政部官员称，美国将对阿富汗塔利班三名领导和金融家进行制裁。

The move will see three men added to the US terrorist blacklist, banning transactions（处理，交易） with Americans as well as freezing their assets（资产，财产） and travel.

The presidential executive order comes after a top US military commander requested the move.

The men were added to a UN sanctions list earlier in the week.

The three insurgent²（叛乱的，起义的） leaders include a financial kingpin（主要人物） of the Haqqani network, a group allied³ with the Taliban and which is believed to have links with al-Qaeda.

Gul Agha Ishakzai, a childhood friend of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, senior Taliban treasurer⁴ Amir Abdullah and Nasiruddin Haqqani from the Haqqani network are being blacklisted.

The aim is to "build upon Treasury's longstanding efforts to deprive（丧失，剥夺） these extremists of the resources they need to execute their violent activities," Adam Szubin, director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, said.