WASHINGTON (AP) — Allied and Afghan forces are putting a greater focus on going after the Haqqani militant network, which has threatened to disrupt the Afghan presidential elections in April, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Thursday.

Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford told Pentagon reporters that the more energized effort against the Haqqanis includes a U.S. move to “crank up the heat” on the group’s financing and freedom of movement.