FILE- In this Aug. 22, 1998, file photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant group the Haqqani network, speaks during an interview in Miram Shah, Pakistan. The Obama administration faces a weekend deadline to decide whether the Pakistan-based Haqqani network should be declared a terrorist organization, a complicated political decision as the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan and pushes for a reconciliation pact to end more than a decade of warfare. (AP Photo/Mohammed Riaz, File)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said earlier this month that the step would be taken. The decision was formalized Wednesday with the publication of the announcement in the Federal Register.
The move freezes any assets that the group or its members have in U.S. jurisdictions. It also bans Americans from doing business with them.
The Taliban-allied Haqqani network is responsible for numerous attacks in Kabul, the Afghan capital. Among the attacks is last September's rocket-propelled grenade assault on the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters.
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