U.S. Treasury targets Taliban, Iranian backers with sanctions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions targeting Afghanistan's Taliban insurgency on Tuesday, designating eight people including two Iranians linked to Tehran's Revolutionary Guards' Quds force, according to the department's website.

The individuals, which include two Pakistanis and four Afghanis, were identified as global terrorists by the Treasury Department, an action that allows the U.S. government to freeze property or interest in property under American jurisdiction.

Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Tim Ahmann

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