US names jailed Taliban a "global"terrorist

WASHINTON:

The US Treasury on Wednesday named senior
Taliban official Maulawi Abdul Rashid Baluch
arrested by Afghan authorities a year ago as a
Specially Designated Global Terrorist "The
Treasury said Rashid  had been the Taliban's
shadow governor of Nimroz province in the
country 's southwest ,where he helped arrange
bombs and deployed suicide bombers aimed
at coalition forces and Afghan officials,

Rashid was behind one improvised explosive
device that killed a US soldier in mid -2013
the Treasury said

He also allegedly raised money for the Taliban
by offering protection of the narcotics trade in
the region,

The "Gobal Terrorist" designation freezes any a
assets he might have in US jurisdiction and forbid
Americans from any dealings with him,
AFP