Nasir Javaid is an LeT commander who also trains its cadres.

Ameen Al-Peshawari has recruited fighters and suicide bombers for Al Qaeda, and raised funds and acquired equipment for militants in Afghanistan, the statement said.

“The United States and the United Nations have both targeted these four individuals for supporting Al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Toiba. Threats to global security require a global response, and we are gratified to be standing shoulder to shoulder with the UN Security Council as we cut these terrorist supporters off from the international financial system,” said Adam Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the US Treasury Department.

In a separate, positive development for India, the US has carved out an India Desk at its National Security Council. Russia is the only other country to be treated in this manner. A senior director at the NSC will handle Washington’s strategic relations with New Delhi.

“We have recently done a slight restructuring of the National Security Council whereby Donald Camp has been appointed to be the Senior Director exclusively for India, because we want to put focus on that relationship,” NSC spokesman Mike Hammer told PTI.