Pakistan has issued orders to begin enforcing United Nations financial sanctions against neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban on Aug. 22, which is part of the South Asian nation’s efforts to be removed from the gray list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), as well as to advance its geopolitical interests in the region, experts say.
In a statement late on Aug. 29, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said the sanctions aren’t new but rather are laid out in 2015 U.N. regulations. The orders, which were issued on Sept. 1, enforce the U.N. regulations and are issued routinely, the statement said. A similar order was issued in 2019.
