Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Public Affairs George Little provided the following statement:
“We welcome Secretary Clinton's announcement
that the Haqqani Network meets the statutory criteria for designation as a
Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and as a Specially Designated Global
Terrorist entity under Executive Order 13224.
The Haqqani Network represents a
significant threat to U.S. national security and we will continue our
aggressive military action against this threat.
These new group designations will build on our efforts to degrade the
Network's capacity to carry out attacks, including affecting fundraising
abilities, targeting them with our military and intelligence resources, and
pressing Pakistan to take action. We
will continue these efforts, reinforced by today's new designations. By strengthening our whole-of-government
approach against the Haqqanis, we are supporting our campaign efforts in
Afghanistan and further limiting the organization's capacity to destabilize the
region.”
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