UN To End Travel Ban Exemptions For Taliban Officials: Report

Under a 2011 UN Security Council resolution, 135 Taliban officials are subject to sanctions that include asset freezes and travel bans.

The United Nations is set to end travel ban exemptions for 13 Taliban officials Friday, pending any deal by Security Council members on a possible extension, diplomats told AFP.

Under a 2011 UN Security Council resolution, 135 Taliban officials are subject to sanctions that include asset freezes and travel bans. 

But 13 of them were granted exemptions from the travel ban to allow them to meet officials from other countries abroad. 

In June, the 15-member UN Security Council's Afghanistan Sanctions Committee removed two Taliban