ISLAMABAD – The Trump administration imposed sanctions Wednesday on threeindividuals linked to Pakistan-based militant networks as it pushesIslamabad to crack down on perpetrators of attacks on Afghanistan.

The Treasury Department designated the men as “global terrorists” for theirconnections to Lashkar-e-Taiba and other groups. It comes two weeks afterthe US link>blacklisted six people accused ofsupporting the Taliban and Haqqani network in Afghanistan, and stressedtheir links to Pakistan.

Those targeted Wednesday include Rahman Zeb Faqir Muhammad, said to havecollected funds for Lashkar in the Gulf and to have been a long-standingcontact for Lashkar members involved in Afghan operations.

“This is part of this Administration’s broader efforts to disrupt terroristfundraising, and we call on the Pakistani government and others in theregion to work with us link> to deny sanctuary tothese dangerous individuals and organizations,” Sigal Mandelker,undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in astatement.

Lashkar has been designated as a terrorist organization by both the USlink> and the United Nations. It has also beenblamed for violence against Pakistan’s neighbor and rival India, includingthe November 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people.

The other two men blacklisted Wednesday are accused of acting on behalf ofSheikh Aminullah, who was sanctioned in 2009 for providing material supportto al-Qaida and the Taliban. In 2013, the United States took the unusualstep of also blacklisting the madrassa, or Islamic school, Aminullahcontrolled in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

The department said Hizb Ullah Astam Khan served as a financial official ofthe madrassa. It said he was previously a bomb expert for Aminullah ineastern Afghanistan and shipped bomb-making chemicals from Pakistan toAfghanistan.

Dilawar Khan Nadir Khan, another leader at the madrassa, is said to haverelayed Aminullah’s messages, transferred funds and facilitated his travelin Pakistan and the Gulf.

As part of President Donald Trump’s effort to turn the tide in the 16-yearUS link>war in Afghanistan, his administration hascranked up pressure on Pakistan, suspending security assistance. Pakistandenies providing sanctuary to militants.