Leaders and spokesmen for violent, radical movements based in Pakistan denounced the U.S. as anti-Islam for imposing sanctions against Afghanistan. The U.S., and the international community as represented by the UN Security Council, have no quarrel with Islam. The UN sanctions were carefully crafted to minimize the impact on the Afghan people. They allow humanitarian activity and private trade to continue. Almost all trade in Afghanistan is conducted by the private sector.
Traders are free to continue to import medicine and medical supplies into Afghanistan.
Even before the sanctions took effect, it was the Taliban itself which refused to supply minimally acceptable health care to the people of Afghanistan, preferring to expend its resources to continue the senseless civil war. Because of the sanctions, trade will dry up and, consequently, thousands of Pakistanis will lose their jobs. The UN Sanctions do not address private trade. They target only the aircraft, bank accounts, and other financial assets of the Taliban. Private trade will continue, as it always has in Afghanistan.