UN Removes Sanctions on Top Taliban Leaders

World | January 27, 2010, Wednesday // 12:15
UN Removes Sanctions on Top Taliban Leaders: UN Removes Sanctions on Top Taliban Leaders The UN said the five would no longer be subject to international travel bans and a freeze on their assets. Photo by BGNES

The United Nations has removed five former Afghan Taliban officials from its sanctions list which was imposed because of alleged links to al-Qaeda.

The UN said the five would no longer be subject to international travel bans and a freeze on their assets, the BBC reported.

The men include Abdul Wakil Mutawakil, who was a foreign minister when the Taliban were in power in Afghanistan.

Earlier, President Hamid Karzai called for removal of Taliban names from the UN list in a bid to reach out to them.

And Nato's top commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal had also expressed hope for a negotiated peace with the Taliban.

The UN Security Council panel decision comes days before an international conference on Afghanistan to be held in London.

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