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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 263/2012 of 23 March 2012 implementing Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 753/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan

Type Implementing Regulation
Publication 2012-03-24
State In force
Text As published
Department Council of the European Union
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Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) under the Taliban regime. Place of birth: (a) Shahjoi District, Zabul Province, Afghanistan Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of Taliban Cultural Commission, (b) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (c) Belongs to Kharoti tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

As of 2009, Mohammad Yaqoub was a leading Taliban member in the Yousef Khel District of the Paktika Province.

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: (a) Minister of Education under the Taliban regime, (b) Taliban representative in UN-led talks under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: (a) Zurmat District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan (b) Shin Kalai village, Nad-e-Ali District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of the Taliban Supreme Council as at June 2007, (b) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (c) Belongs to Sulaimankhel tribe. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Amir Khan Motaqi also served as a Taliban representative in United Nations-led talks during the Taliban regime.
Amir Khan Motaqi is considered to be a prominent member of the Taliban and also served as Minister of Information and Culture during the Taliban regime. Amir Khan Motaqi was a member of a regional Taliban Council as at June 2007.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: (a) Director of the Information and Culture Department in Kandahar Province under the Taliban regime, (b) Spokesperson of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1973. Place of birth: (a) Shinkalai village, Nad-e-Ali District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan; (b) Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of the Taliban Supreme Council and spokesperson for Mullah Mohammed Omar as of 2007, (b) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (c) Belongs to Kharoti tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Abdulhai Motmaen was the senior spokesman for the Taliban and used to deliver Taliban foreign policy statements. He was also a close associate of Mohammed Omar.

Title: (a) Mullah, (b) Haji. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister under Communication of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1963. Place of birth: (a) Ghorak District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, (b) Nesh District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Belongs to Popalzai tribe. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Consul General, Taliban Consulate General, Peshawar, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1958. Place of birth: Zere Kohi area, Shindand District, Farah Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: 000737 (Afghan passport issued on 20.10.1996). Other information: (a) Member of Taliban Peshawar Military Council as at 2010, (b) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister under Civil Aviation of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1975. Place of birth: (a) Lakhi village, Hazarjuft Area, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (b) Laki village, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (c) Lakari village, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (d) Darvishan, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (e) De Luy Wiyalah village, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of the Taliban Gerd-e-Jangal Council as of Jun. 2008, (b) Member of the Taliban Military Commission as of March 2010, (c) Taliban member responsible for Helmand Province, Afghanistan from 2008, (d) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (e) Belongs to Barich tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Mohammad Naim is a member of the Taliban ‘Gerdi Jangal Council’. He is the former deputy of Akhtar Mohammad Mansour Shah Mohammed, a prominent Taliban leadership board figure. Mohammad Naim controls a military base in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister of Commerce under the Taliban regime. Place of birth: Zangi Abad village, Panjwai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (b) Belongs to Nurzai tribe. Date of UN designation: 31.1.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Nik Mohammad was listed on 31 January 2001 as Deputy Minister of Commerce of the Taliban regime so falling within the provisions of resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000) of the United Nations Security Council regarding acts and activities of the Taliban authorities.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: (a) Minister of Higher Education under the Taliban regime; (b) Mayor of Kabul City under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Sipayaw village, Andar District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of the Taliban Supreme Council; (b) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Title: Mufti. Grounds for listing: First Secretary, Taliban Consulate General, Karachi, Pakistan. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: (a) Governor of Balkh Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime, (b) Head of Northern Zone under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: (a) Approximately 1958, (b) 1 January 1967. Place of birth: Shahjoe District, Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) In custody of the United States of America as at 2011, (b) Belongs to Tokhi tribe. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: (a) Governor of Kabul Province under the Taliban regime, (b) Governor of Balk Province under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1968. Place of birth: (a) Pashtoon Zarghoon District, Herat Province, Afghanistan, (b) Sardar village, Kohsan District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Taliban member responsible for Herat, Farah and Nimroz provinces as at mid-2009, (b) Member of the Taliban Supreme Council and Quetta Shura, (c) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (d) Belongs to Niazi tribe, (e) Involved in transporting suicide bombers to Afghanistan. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Abdul Manan Nyazi also served as a Taliban spokesperson and then as Provincial Governor of Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul provinces under the Taliban regime.
Abdul Manan Nyazi has been a senior Taliban commander in the west of Afghanistan, operating in the Farah, Herat and Nimroz provinces, since mid-2009.
Abdul Manan Nyazi was a member of a regional Taliban council and appointed as the Taliban governor of Herat Province as at May 2010.
Abdul Manan Nyazi is a Taliban commander involved in transporting suicide bombers to Afghanistan.

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: Leader of the Faithful (‘Amir ul-Mumineen’), Afghanistan. Date of birth: (a) Approximately 1966, (b) 1960, (c) 1953. Place of birth: (a) Naw Deh village, Deh Rawud District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, (b) Noori village, Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Left eye missing, (b) Brother-in-law of Ahmad Jan Akhundzada Shukoor Akhundzada, (c) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (d) Belongs to Hotak tribe. Date of UN designation: 31.1.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Mohammed Omar holds the title of ‘Commander of the Faithful of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ and is the supreme leader of the Taliban movement in the Taliban hierarchy. He sheltered Usama bin Laden and his Al-Qaida network in the years prior to the 11 September 2001 attacks in the United States. He has been directing the Taliban against the Government of Afghanistan and their allies in Afghanistan since 2001.
Mohammed Omar commands the allegiance of other prominent military leaders in the region, such as Jalaluddin Haqqani. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has also cooperated with Mohammed Omar and the Taliban.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Governor of Baghlan Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Taliban member responsible for Zabul Province, Afghanistan as at 2008, (b) Belongs to Hottak tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Abdul Jabbar Omari, as at June 2008, worked as the deputy to Amir Khan Haqqani and commander of an armed group in the Siuri District of the Zabul Province. In June 2008, with a view to reinforcing their activities in the area, the Taliban leadership named him shadow Governor for the Zabul Province.

Title: Alhaj. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Garda Saray, Waza Zadran District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Title: (a) Mullah (b) Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Minister of Justice under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: (a) Approximately 1963; (b) Approximately 1955, (c) 1956. Place of birth: (a) Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, (b) Chora District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, (c) Dehrawood District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Deputy to Mullah Mohammed Omar. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Nooruddin Turabi Muhammad Qasim was appointed as a Taliban military commander in Afghanistan as at mid-2009. He was appointed as a deputy to Taliban supreme leader Mohammed Omar and participated in Taliban shura meetings as at early 2009.

Title: (a) Mullah, (b) Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister of Education under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: (a) Darzab District, Faryab Province, Afghanistan, (b) Qush Tepa District, Jawzjan Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Taliban member responsible for Jawzjan Province in Northern Afghanistan until 2008, (b) Involved in drug trafficking, (c) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

As of May 2007, the Taliban leadership placed Abdul Salam Hanafi Ali Mardan Qul in charge of The Jawzujan Province. He was also the Taliban member responsible for northern Afghanistan as of May 2007. He is believed to be involved in drug trafficking.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Repatriation Attaché, Taliban Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan. Date of birth: (a) 1970, (b) 1967. Place of birth: Turshut village, Warduj District, Takhar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport no.: D 000933 (Afghan passport issued in Kabul on 13 Sep. 1998). National identification no.: 55130 (Afghan national identification card (tazkira)). Address: Khairkhana Section Number 3, Kabul, Afghanistan. Other information: (a) Involved in drug trafficking, (b) Belongs to Tajik ethnic group. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: Minister under Communication of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1953. Place of birth: Talugan village, Panjwai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of Taliban Supreme Council as at 2009, (b) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (c) Belongs to Nurzai tribe. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: Governor of Kandahar Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth:(a) Deh Rawud District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, (b) Chora District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Has a prosthetic right leg, (b) Member of Taliban Supreme Council and a deputy of Mullah Mohammed Omar as of Mar. 2010, (c) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (d) Belongs to Achakzai tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: Head of Investigation Department, Ministry of Security (Intelligence) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1968 and 1973. Place of birth: Waghaz District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Deputy Head (Intelligence) of the Quetta Military Council as of 2009, (b) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Title: Maulavi Grounds for listing: Governor of Uruzgan Province under the Taliban regime. Place of birth: Chaki Wardak District, Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Reportedly deceased, (b) Belonged to Wardak tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Head of Dar-ul-Efta (Fatwa Department) of Supreme Court under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1923. Place of birth: Dai Chopan District, Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Reportedly deceased in 2001, (b) Belonged to Kakar tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Sanani’s post as the Head of Dar-ul-Efta came under the High Court of the Taliban regime.

Grounds for listing: Chief Justice of Supreme Court under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: (a) Bagrami District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan, (b) Tarakhel area, Deh Sabz District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Noor Mohammad Saqib is a member of the Taliban leadership and head of its Religious Committee, which acts as a judiciary branch of the Taliban.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister of Security (Intelligence) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1962-1963. Place of birth: Gelan District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) As of mid-2007, he provided support to the Taliban in the form of weapons and money, (b) Belongs to Taraki tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Ehsanullah Sarfida was also Chairman of the Taliban’s Central Bank. Later, he was appointed the Taliban’s Administrator of Captured Provinces. Ehsanullah Sarfida was a member of the Taliban Inner Shura.
Ehsanullah Sarfida was an Al-Qaida affiliate who provided support to the Taliban in the form of weapons and money. He was the district chief of Marja, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, as at mid-2007.

Title: (a) Maulavi, (b) Alhaj, (c) Mullah. Grounds for listing: (a) Vice- Minister of Work and Social Affairs under the Taliban regime, (b) Mayor of Kabul City under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: (a) Chaman District, Pakistan; (b) Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Other information: (a) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (b) Belongs to Barakzai tribe. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Saduddin Sayyed also served as Vice-Minister of Work and Social Affairs of the Taliban regime. The List was updated on 8 March 2001 to reflect this.

Title: Qari. Grounds for listing: Third Secretary, Taliban Consulate General, Peshawar, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1974. Place of birth: Zilzilay village, Andar District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 000769 (Afghan passport issued on 2.2.1997). Other information: Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Deputy Governor of Kabul Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister of Education under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1975. Place of birth: Andar District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) In July 2003 he was in custody in Kabul, Afghanistan, (b) Released from custody in 2007, (c) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (d) Belongs to Andar tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Title: (a) Maulavi, (b) Mullah. Grounds for listing: Minister of Civil Aviation and Transportation under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: (a) Approximately 1960, (b) 1966. Place of birth: (a) Band-e-Timur village, Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport no: SE-011697 (Afghan passport number issued on 25 Jan. 1988 in Kabul, expired on 23 Feb. 2000) Other information: (a) Involved in drug trafficking as of 2011, primarily through Gerd-e- Jangal, Afghanistan, (b) Active in the provinces of Khost, Paktia and Paktika, Afghanistan as of May 2007, (c) Taliban ‘Governor’ of Kandaharas of May 2007, (d) Deputy to Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in the Taliban Supreme Council as of 2009, (e) Taliban official responsible for four southern provinces of Afghanistan, (f) Following the arrest of Mullah Baradar in February 2010 he was temporarily –in-charge of the Taliban Supreme Council, (g) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (h) Belongs to Ishagzay tribe. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour Shah Mohammed is a prominent member of the Taliban leadership. He was repatriated to Afghanistan in September 2006 following detention in Pakistan. He is involved in drug trafficking and was active in the provinces of Khost, Paktia and Paktika in Afghanistan as of May 2007. He was also the Taliban ‘Governor’ of Kandahar as of May 2007.
He was actively involved in anti-governmental activity, in particular, recruiting individuals for the Taliban to fight against the Afghan Government and International Security Assistance Force.
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour Shah Mohammed was the deputy chief of the supreme Taliban shura as at mid- 2009. He serves as a member of the Taliban leadership council and was assigned to be Chief of Military Affairs of the Taliban ‘Gerdi Jangal Council’ before being appointed as a deputy to Mohammed Omar in March 2010. As at 2010 Akhtar Mohammad Mansour Shah Mohammed was directly responsible for Taliban activities in four provinces of southern Afghanistan and was appointed as the head of the Taliban civilian shura as at early 2010.

Title: (a) Maulavi; (b) Qari. Grounds for listing: Governor of Wardak (Maidan) Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Keshim District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Grounds for listing: Deputy Head of Police Academy, Ministry of Interior Affairs under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: 1958. Place of birth: Uzba village, Jaghatu District, Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan. National identification no.: 4156 (National identification card (tazkira) issued on 13 August 1996). Address: Khoshhal Khan Mena, District Number 5, Kabul, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Chief of Staff for the Deputy of Administrative Affairs of the Ministry of Interior Police Academy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Kabul as of 2011, (b) Belongs to Masud tribe. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: (a) Mullah (b) Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister of Agriculture under the Taliban regime. Place of birth: Waka Uzbin village, Sarobi District, Kabul Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (b) Involved in drug trafficking, (c) Belongs to Ghilzai tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

As at June 2007, Shams ur-Rahman Sher Alam was the Taliban member responsible for the Kabul Province. He was in charge of Taliban military operations in and around Kabul and has been involved in many attacks.

Title: Haji. Grounds for listing: Third Secretary, Taliban Consulate General, Karachi, Pakistan. Date of birth: 29.3.1965. Place of birth: Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 000763 (issued on 9.1.1997). Other information: (a) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (b) Belongs to Safi tribe. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Grounds for listing: Third Secretary, Taliban Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1963. Place of birth: Jani Khel District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan Nationality: Afghan. National identification no.: 19657 (Afghan identification card (tazkira)). Other information: Belongs to Mangal tribe. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: (a) Deputy Minister of Public Health under the Taliban regime; (b) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Qala-e-Abbas, Shah Mazar area, Baraki Barak District, Logar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Governor of Paktia Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: (a) Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, (b) Khost Province, Afghanistan, (c) Siddiq Khel village, Naka District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Taliban member responsible for Nangarhar Province as at 2011, (b) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (c) Belongs to Zadran tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Taha also served under the Taliban regime as Governor of the Kunar Province at the end of 2001. He was in charge of the Wardak Province for the Taliban as at September 2009.

Title: Haji. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation under the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan. Date of UN designation: 31.1.2001.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Minister of Repatriation under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1968 and 1973. Place of birth: Takhar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of Taliban Supreme Council responsible for Takhar and Badakhshan provinces as at Dec. 2009, (b) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (c) Belongs to Tajik ethnic group. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for Listing: Governor of Jawzjan Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: (a) Quetta, Pakistan; (b) Nimroz Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of the Taliban Gerd-e-Jangal Shura and Head of the Taliban Prisoners and Refugees Committee, (b) Belongs to Ishaqzai tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Title: (a) Maulavi, (b) Haji. Grounds for listing: Commercial Attaché, Taliban Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1962. Place of birth: Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 000912 (Afghan passport issued on 30.6.1998). Other information: Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister of Security (Intelligence) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: (a) Approximately 1975, (b) 1971. Place of birth: Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: In custody of the United States of America as at 2011. Date of UN designation: 31.1.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Abdul-Haq Wassiq is allied with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Under the Taliban regime, he held successive positions as local commander in Nimroz and Kandahar provinces. He then became Deputy Director General of Intelligence, reporting to Qari Ahmadullah. In this function, he was in charge of handling relations with Al-Qaida-related foreign fighters and their training camps in Afghanistan. He was also known for his repressive methods against Taliban opponents in the South of Afghanistan.

Grounds for listing: UN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area; (b) Belongs to Wazir tribe. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Title: a) Maulavi (alternative spelling: Maulvi) b) Mullah Date of birth: a) Approximately 1976 b) Approximately 1979. Place of birth: Tang Stor Khel, Ziruk District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Shadow Governor for Paktika Province, Afghanistan, and commander of the Haqqani Network, a Taliban-affiliated group of militants that operates in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Senior Lieutenant to Sirajuddin Lallaloudine Haqqani. Date of UN designation: 16.08.2011.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Sangeen Zadran is an insurgency leader in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, and a commander of the Haqqani Network. The Haqqani Network, a Taliban-affiliated group of militants that operates in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been at the forefront of insurgent activity in Afghanistan, responsible for many high-profile attacks. Zadran acts as a senior lieutenant to Haqqani Network leader Sirajuddin Haqqani.
Sangeen Zadran helps lead fighters in attacks across southeastern Afghanistan, and is believed to have planned and coordinated the movement of foreign fighters into Afghanistan. Sangeen Zadran has also been involved in numerous attacks by improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
In addition to his role in these attacks, Sangeen Zadran has also been involved in the kidnapping of Afghans and foreign nationals in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Kharwar District, Logar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: Third Secretary, Taliban Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1971. Place of birth: Logar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 001206 (issued on 17.7.2000). Other information: Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Title: Haji. Address: Boghra Road, Miralzei Village, Chaman, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan. Date of birth: (a) 1962, (b) 1961, (c) between 1968 and 1970. Place of birth: (a) Lowy Kariz, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, (b) Kadanay, Spin Boldak District Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Prominent Taliban financier. (b) As of mid-2009, supplied weapons, ammunition, explosives and medical equipment to Taliban fighters; raised funds for the Taliban, and provided training to them, in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border region. (c) Has previously organized and funded Taliban operations in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. (d) As of 2010, travelled to and owned businesses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Japan. (e) Belongs to Noorzai tribe, Miralzai sub-tribe. (f) Brother of Malik Noorzai. (g) Father’s name is Akhtar Mohammed (alias: Haji Mira Khan). Date of UN designation: 04.10.2011.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Faizullah Noorzai Akhtar Mohammed Mira Khan has served as a prominent Taliban financier with whom senior Taliban leaders invested funds. He has collected over USD 100 000 for the Taliban from donors in the Gulf and in 2009 gave a portion of his own money. He also financially supported a Taliban commander in Kandahar Province and has provided funding to assist with training Taliban and Al-Qaida fighters who were to conduct attacks against Coalition and Afghan military forces. As of mid-2005, Faizullah organized and funded Taliban operations in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. In addition to his financial support, Faizullah has otherwise facilitated Taliban training and operations. As of mid-2009, Faizullah supplied weapons, ammunition, explosives, and medical equipment to Taliban fighters from southern Afghanistan. In mid-2008, Faizullah was responsible for housing Taliban suicide bombers and moving them from Pakistan into Afghanistan. Faizullah has also provided anti- aircraft missiles to the Taliban, helped move Taliban fighters around Helmand Province, Afghanistan, facilitated Taliban suicide bombing operations and given radios and vehicles to Taliban members in Pakistan.
As of mid-2009, Faizullah operated a madrassa (religious school) in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border region, where tens of thousands of dollars were raised for the Taliban. Faizullah’s madrassa grounds were used to provide training to Taliban fighters in the construction and use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). As of late 2007, Faizullah’s madrassa was used to train Al-Qaida fighters who were later sent to Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
In 2010, Faizullah maintained offices and possibly owned properties, including hotels, in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Faizullah regularly travelled to Dubai and Japan with his brother, Malik Noorzai, to import cars, auto parts and clothing. As of early 2006, Faizullah owned businesses in Dubai and Japan.

Title: Haji. Date of Birth: (a) 1957, (b) 1960. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Taliban financier. (b) Owns businesses in Japan and frequently travels to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Japan. (c) As of 2009, facilitated Taliban activities, including through recruitment and the provision of logistical support. (d) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. (e) Belongs to Noorzai tribe. (f) Brother of Faizullah Khan Noorzai. Date of UN designation: 04.10.2011.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Malik Noorzai is a Pakistan-based businessman who has provided financial support to the Taliban. Malik and his brother, Faizullah Noorzai Akhtar Mohammed Mira Khan, have invested millions of dollars in various businesses for the Taliban. In late 2008, Taliban representatives approached Malik as a businessman with whom to invest Taliban funds. Since at least 2005, Malik has also personally contributed tens of thousands of dollars and distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Taliban, some of which was collected from donors in the Gulf region and Pakistan and some of which was Malik’s own money. Malik also handled a hawala account in Pakistan that received tens of thousands of dollars transferred from the Gulf every few months to support Taliban activities. Malik has also facilitated Taliban activities. As of 2009, Malik had served for 16 years as the chief caretaker of a madrassa (religious school), in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border region, that was used by the Taliban to indoctrinate and train recruits. Among other things, Malik delivered the funds that supported the madrassa. Malik, along with his brother, has also played a role in storing vehicles to be used in Taliban suicide bombing operations and has helped move Taliban fighters around Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Malik owns businesses in Japan and frequently visits Dubai and Japan for business. As early as 2005, Malik owned a vehicle import business in Afghanistan that imported vehicles from Dubai and Japan. He has imported cars, auto parts and clothing from Dubai and Japan for his businesses, in which two Taliban commanders have invested. In mid-2010, Malik and his brother secured the release of hundreds of cargo containers, reportedly worth millions of dollars, which Pakistani authorities seized earlier that year because they believed the recipients had a connection to terrorism.

Date of Birth: 1969. Place of Birth: Sheykhan Village, Pirkowti Area, Orgun District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Other information: (a) Key commander in the Haqqani Network under Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani. (b) Taliban Shadow Governor of Orgun District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan as of early 2010. (c) Operated a training camp for non-Afghan fighters in Paktika Province. (d) Has been involved in the transport of weapons to Afghanistan. Date of UN designation: 04.10.2011.

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Abdul Aziz Abbasin is a key commander in the Haqqani Network, a Taliban-affiliated group of militants that operates from Eastern Afghanistan and North Waziristan Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. As of early 2010, Abbasin received orders from Sirajuddin Haqqani and was appointed by him to serve as the Taliban shadow governor of Orgun District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Abbasin commands a group of Taliban fighters and has assisted in running a training camp for foreign fighters based in Paktika Province. Abbasin has also been involved in ambushing vehicles supplying Afghan government forces and in the transport of weapons to Afghanistan.

Title: Haji. Date of birth: 1974. Place of birth: Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Other information: (a) Senior Taliban official with military and financial responsibilities as at 2011, (b) Leader of the Taliban’s Military Council as of 2010, (c) In 2008 and 2009, served as a Taliban finance officer and distributed money to Taliban commanders in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 6.1.2012.

Ground for listings: Senior official in Konar Province during the Taliban regime. Date of birth: (a) 1972, (b) 1975. Place of birth: (a) Kohe Safi District, Parwan Province, Afghanistan, (b) Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, (c) Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, (d) Kabul Province, Afghanistan. Other information: (a) Represents and provides financial and logistical support to the Haqqani Network, which is based in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (b) Member of the Taliban Financial Council, (c) Has travelled abroad to raise funds on behalf of Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani, Jalaluddin Haqqani, the Haqqani network and the Taliban, (d) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 6.1.2012.

Date of birth: 1970. Place of birth: Bande Tumur Village, Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Other information: (a) Senior Taliban member as at 2011 with financial duties, including raising funds on behalf of the leadership, (b) Has provided logistical support for Taliban operations and channeled proceeds from drug trafficking to arms purchases, (c) Has acted as secretary to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and as his messenger at senior-level meetings of the Taliban, (d) Also associated with Gul Agha Ishakzai, (e) Member of Mullah Mohammed Omar’s inner circle during the Taliban regime. Date of UN designation: 6.1.2012.

Ground for listings: Official of the Ministry of Finance during the Taliban regime. Date of birth: 1963. Place of birth: Barlach Village, Qareh Bagh District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Other information: (a) Key commander of the Haqqani Network, which is based in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (b) Acts as deputy, spokesperson and advisor for Haqqani Network senior leader Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani, (c) Liaises with the Taliban Supreme Council, (d) Has travelled abroad, (e) Liaises with and provides Taliban commanders in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, with money, weapons, communications equipment and supplies. Date of UN designation: 6.1.2012.

Date of birth: 1970. Place of birth: Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Senior Taliban member responsible for the manufacturing of improvised explosive devices (IED). (b) Involved in recruiting and deploying suicide bombers to conduct attacks in Afghanistan. Date of UN designation: 2.3.2012.

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