EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Until 17 June 2011, Al Qaida and the Taliban were subject to sanctions under Resolution 1267 (1999). On 17 June 2011, the United Nations Security Council decided to separate measures against Al Qaida and measures against the Taliban into two separate Resolutions 1988 (2011) and 1989 (2011).

In accordance with UNSCR 1988 (2011), Council Decision 2011/[…]/CFSP of […] provides for the adoption of restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan.

These measures consist of the freezing of funds and economic resources, restrictions on the admission to the EU, prohibition on the direct and indirect supply, sale or transfer, of weapons and military equipment, and prohibition on the provision of related assistance and services to persons and entities designated by the Sanctions Committee established in accordance with paragraph 30 of UNSCR 1988 (2011).

Further action at Union level is required in order to give effect to some of these measures. The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the Commission propose to give effect to these measures by means of a Regulation based on Article 215(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

2011/0201 (NLE)

Joint Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 215(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2011/[…]/CFSP of […] concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan,

Having regard to the joint proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission,

After consulting the European Data Protection Supervisor,

Whereas:

(1) On 17 June 2011, the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, adopted Resolution 1988 (2011) concerning the situation in Afghanistan which still constitutes a threat to international peace and security.

(2) On […] 2011, the Council of the European Union adopted Council Decision 2011/[…]/CFSP which provides for the freezing of funds and economic resources of, restrictions on the admission to the EU of, prohibition on the direct and indirect supply, sale or transfer, of weapons and military equipment to, and prohibition on the provision of related assistance and services to, persons, groups and undertakings listed either by the Committee established by UNSC Resolution 1988 (2011), or prior to the adoption of that Resolution, by the Committee established by UNSC Resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000).

(3) Some of these measures fall within the scope of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, therefore, notably with a view to ensuring their uniform application by economic operators in all Member States, regulatory action at the level of the Union is necessary in order to implement them.

(4) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and notably the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial and the right to the protection of personal data. This Regulation should be applied in accordance with those rights.

(5) Article 291(2) TFEU provides that, where uniform conditions for implementing legally binding Union acts such as Regulations based on Article 215 TFEU are needed, those acts shall confer implementing powers on the Commission.

(6) The procedure for amending the list in Annex I to this Regulation should include providing natural or legal persons, groups, undertakings and entities concerned with the reasons for their listing, so as to give them an opportunity to submit observations. Where observations are submitted, or substantial new evidence is presented, the Commission should review its decision on Annex I in light of those observations and inform the person, group, undertaking or entity concerned accordingly.

(7) The same procedure should apply as regards persons, groups, undertakings and entities included in Annex I at the date of adoption of this Regulation.

(8) This Regulation also fully respects the obligations of Member States under the Charter of the United Nations and the legally binding nature of UN Security Council Resolutions.

(9) For the implementation of this Regulation, and in order to create maximum legal certainty within the Union, the names and other relevant data concerning natural and legal persons, groups, undertakings and entities whose funds and economic resources must be frozen in accordance with this Regulation, must be made public. Any processing of personal data should respect Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data[1] and Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data[2].

(10) In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation must enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) ‘funds’ means financial assets and benefits of every kind, including but not limited to:

(i) cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments;

(ii) deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;

(iii) publicly- and privately-traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts;

(iv) interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets;

(v) credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments;

(vi) letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;

(vii) documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources;

(b) ‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the funds to be used, including portfolio management;

(c) ‘economic resources’ means assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds but may be used to obtain funds, goods or services;

(d) ‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing their use to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them;

(e) 'technical assistance' means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services; including verbal forms of assistance;

(f) 'Sanctions Committee' means the Committee of the UNSC which was established pursuant to paragraph 30 of UNSC Resolution 1988 (2011);

(g) ‘1267 Committee’ means the Committee of the UNSC which was established pursuant to UNSC Resolutions 1267(1999) and 1333(2000).

(h) “statement of reasons” means the publicly releasable portion of the statement of case as provided by the Sanctions Committee and/or, where applicable, the narrative summary of reasons for listing as provided by the Sanctions Committee; or in the case of a person, group, undertaking or entity listed in Annex I to this Regulation, who was previously listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, the statement of case and/or narrative summary of reasons provided by the 1267 Committee.

(i) ‘territory of the Union’ means the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty, including their airspace.

Article 2

1. It shall be prohibited:

(a) to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance related to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List of the European Union (‘Common Military List’)[3], or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of goods included in that list, to any person, group, undertaking or entity listed in Annex I;

(b) to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibition referred to in point (a).

Article 3

1. All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by a natural or legal person, group, undertaking or entity listed in Annex I shall be frozen.

2. No funds or economic resources shall be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a natural or legal person, group, undertaking or entity listed in Annex I.

3. The participation, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly, to circumvent the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be prohibited.

Article 4

1. Annex I shall consist of natural or legal persons, groups, undertakings and entities who:

(i) were listed, immediately prior to the date of adoption of UNSCR 1988 (2011), as the Taliban, and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them, in section A (“Individuals associated with the Taliban”) and section B (“entities and other groups and undertaking associated with the Taliban”) of the Consolidated List of the 1267 Committee; or

(ii) have been designated by the Sanctions Committee as being individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with the Taliban in constituting a threat to the peace, stability and security of Afghanistan.

2. Annex I shall include, where available, information necessary to identify the natural or legal persons, groups, undertakings and entities concerned, as provided by the Sanctions Committee. With regard to natural persons, such information may include names including aliases, date and place of birth, nationality, passport and ID numbers, gender, address, if known, and function or profession. With regard to legal persons, enities and bodies, such information may include names, place and date of regisration, registration number and place of business. Annex I shall also include the date of first designation by the Sanctions Committee or by the 1267 Committee.

3. Annex I may also include information on family members of the persons listed, provided that the inclusion of this information is considered to be necessary in a specific case for the sole purpose of verifying the identity of the listed natural person in question.

Article 5

1. By way of derogation from Article 3, the competent authorities in the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex II may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources are:

(a) necessary for the basic expenses of persons listed in Annex I and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;

(b) intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;

(c) intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources; or

provided that the Member State concerned has notified the Sanctions Committee of such determination and its intention to grant the authorisation, and the Sanctions Committee has not objected to that course of action within three working days of notification.

2. By way of derogation from Article 3, the competent authorities in the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex II may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, after having determined that the frozen funds or economic resources are necessary for extraordinary expenses provided that the Sanctions Committee has been notified of that determination by the Member State concerned and the determination has been approved by the Sanctions Committee.

3. Any person, group, undertaking or entity wishing to benefit from the provisions referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 shall address its request to the relevant competent authority of the Member State as listed in Annex II.

The competent authority listed in Annex II shall promptly notify both the person, group, undertaking or entity that made the request, and any other person, group, undertaking or entity known to be directly concerned, in writing, whether the request has been granted.

The relevant Member State shall also inform other Member States and the Commission whether the request for such an exemption has been granted.

4. Funds released and transferred within the Union in order to meet expenses or recognised by virtue of this Article shall not be subject to further restrictive measures pursuant to Article 3.

5. In the case of persons, groups, undertakings or entities listed in Annex I to this Regulation who were previously listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, authorisations granted previously by the competent authorities in the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex II in relation to the categories of derogation described in paragraphs (1) and (2) above, shall continue to apply.

Article 6

1. Article 3(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of:

(a) interest or other earnings on those accounts; or

(b) payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that were concluded or arose before the date on which the account became subject to this Regulation, or, in the case of persons, groups, undertakings or entities listed in Annex I to this Regulation who were previously listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, the date on which they were first subject to Regulation (EC) No 337/2000[4], Regulation (EC) No 467/2001[5], or Regulation (EC) No 881/2002[6].

provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments are frozen in accordance with Article 3(1).

2. Article 3(2) shall not prevent financial or credit institutions in the Union from crediting frozen accounts where they receive funds transferred to the account of a listed natural or legal person, group, undertaking or entity, provided that any additions to such accounts will also be frozen. The financial or credit institution shall inform the relevant competent authority about any such transaction without delay.

Article 7

1. The freezing of funds and economic resources or the refusal to make funds or economic resources available, carried out in good faith on the basis that such action is in accordance with this Regulation, shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal person or entity or body implementing it, or its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the funds and economic resources were frozen or withheld as a result of negligence.

2. The prohibition set out in Article 3(2) shall not give rise to any liability of any kind on the part of the natural and legal persons, entities or bodies who made funds or economic resources available if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe the prohibition in question.

Article 8

1. Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall:

(a) supply immediately any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and amounts frozen in accordance with Article 3, to the competent authority in the Member State where they are resident or located, as indicated on the websites listed in Annex II, and shall transmit such information, either directly or through the Member States, to the Commission; and

(b) co-operate with that competent authority in any verification of this information.

2. Any information provided or received in accordance with this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was provided or received.

Article 9

The Commission and Member States shall immediately inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and shall supply each other with any other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular information in respect of violation and enforcement problems and judgments handed down by national courts.

Article 10

1. The Commission shall be empowered to:

(a) amend Annex I on the basis of determinations made by the Sanctions Committee, in accordance with the procedure outlined in Article 11 below; and.

(b) amend Annex II on the basis of information supplied by Member States.

Article 11

1. Where the United Nations Security Council or the Sanctions Committee decides to list a natural or legal person, group, undertaking or entity for the first time, the Commission shall, as soon as a statement of reasons has been provided by the Sanctions Committee, take a decision to include such person, group, undertaking or entity in Annex I.

2. Once the decision referred to in paragraph 1 has been taken, the Commission shall without delay communicate the statement of reasons provided by the Sanctions Committee, to the person, group, undertaking or entity concerned, either directly, if the address is known, or following the publication of a notice, providing him, her or it an opportunity to express his, her or its views on the matter.

3. Where observations are submitted, the Commission shall review its decision referred to in paragraph 1 in the light of those observations. Those observations shall be forwarded to the Sanctions Committee. The Commission shall communicate the result of its review to the person, group, undertaking or entity, body concerned. The result of the review shall also be forwarded to the Sanctions Committee.

4. If a further request is made, based on substantial new evidence, to remove a person, group, undertaking or entity from Annex I, the Commission shall conduct a further review in accordance with paragraph 3.

5. Where the United Nations decide to de-list a person, group, undertaking or entity, or to amend the identifying data of a listed person, group, undertaking or entity, the Commission shall amend Annex I accordingly.

6. Persons, groups, undertakings or entities listed in Annex I to this Regulation, who were previously listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, may present to the Commission a request for a statement of reasons. The request shall be submitted in writing in an official language of the Union. The Commission shall communicate the statement of reasons without delay, once it has been provided by the Sanctions Committee or the 1267 Committee, providing the person, group, undertaking or entity an opportunity to express his, her or its views on the matter. Paragraphs 3 and 4 above shall apply to such persons, groups, undertakings and entities.

Article 12

1. The Commission shall process personal data in order to carry out its tasks under this Regulation. These tasks include:

(a) preparing and making amendments of Annex I to this Regulation;

(b) including the contents of Annex I in the electronic, consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions available on the Commission website[7];

(c) processing of information on the impact of the measures of this Regulation such as the value of frozen funds and information on authorisations granted by the competent authorities.

2. The Commission may process relevant data relating to criminal offences committed by listed natural persons, and to criminal convictions or security measures concerning such persons, only to the extent that such processing is necessary for the preparation of Annex I to this Regulation. Such data shall not be made public or exchanged.

3. For the purposes of this Regulation, the Commission unit listed in Annex II is designated as “controller” for the Commission within the meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001, in order to ensure that the natural persons concerned can exercise their rights under Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.

Article 11

1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

2. Member States shall notify the Commission of those rules without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation and shall notify it of any subsequent amendment.

Article 12

Where there is, in this Regulation, a requirement to notify, inform or otherwise communicate with the Commission, the address and other contact details to be used for such communication shall be those indicated in Annex II.

Article 13

This Regulation shall apply:

(a) within the territory of the Union, including its airspace;

(b) on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of a Member State;

(c) to any person inside or outside the territory of the Union who is a national of a Member State;

(d) to any legal person, group, undertaking or entity which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State;

(e) to any legal person, group, undertaking or entity in respect of any business done in whole or in part within the Union.

Article 14

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, […]

For the Council

The President […]

ANNEX I

List of natural and legal persons, groups, undertakings and entities referred to in Article 3

(1) ‘Abdul Baqi. Title: (a) Maulavi (b) Mullah. Function: (a) Governor of the provinces of Khost and Paktika under the Taliban regime; (b) Vice-Minister of Information and Culture under the Taliban regime; (c) Consulate Dept, Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1962. Place of birth: Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area’.

(2) ‘Abdul Qadeer Abdul Baseer. Title: (a) General, (b) Maulavi. Function: Military Attaché, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1964. Place of birth: Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 000974 (Afghan passport). Other information: repatriated to Afghanistan in February 2006.’

(3) ‘Abdul Ghafoor. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Taliban regime. Place of birth: Kunar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(4) ‘Amir Abdullah (alias Amir Abdullah Sahib). Address: Karachi, Pakistan. Date of birth: Approximately 1972. Place of birth: Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 20.7.2010.’

(5) ‘Abdul Manan. Title: (a) Mr, (b) Mawlawi. Function: Commercial Attaché, Taliban Embassy, Abu Dhabi. Nationality: Afghan.’

(6) ‘Abdul Razaq. Title: Maulavi. Date of birth: approximately 1958. Place of birth: Arghandab district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Minister of Commerce (Taliban regime), (b) arrested in 2003 in Kandhar province in Afghanistan.’

(7) ‘Abdul Wahab. Title: Malawi. Function: Taliban Chargé d'Affaires in Riyadh under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1973. Place of birth: Faryab province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(8) ‘Abdul Rahman Agha. Title: Maulavi. Function: Chief Justice of Military Court of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Arghandab district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(9) ‘Abdul Wasay Mu’tasim Agha. (alias (a) Mutasim Aga Jan, (b) Agha Jan, (c) Abdul Wasay Agha Jan Motasem). Title: Mullah. Function: Minister of Finance of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Kandahar city, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 31.1.2001.’

(10) ‘Janan Agha. Title: Mullah. Function: Governor of Fariab province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Central Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(11) ‘Sayed Mohammad Azim Agha (alias (a) Sayed Mohammad Azim Agha, (b) Agha Saheb). Title: Maulavi. Function: Employee of the Passport and Visa Department of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1966. Place of birth: Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(12) ‘Sayyed Ghiassouddine Agha (alias (a) Sayed Ghiasuddin Sayed Ghousuddin, (b) Sayyed Ghayasudin, (a) Sayed Ghias). Title: Maulavi. Function: (a) Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs of the Taliban regime, (b) Education Minister of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1958 and 1963. Place of birth: Faryab province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Taliban member responsible for Faryab province, Afghanistan as of May 2007, (b) Involved in drug trafficking.’

(13) ‘Mohammad Ahmadi. Title: (a) Mullah, (b) Haji. Function: President of Da Afghanistan Bank under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Daman district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(14) ‘Mohammad Shafiq Ahmadi. Title: Mullah. Function: Governor of Samangan Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(15) ‘Ahmadullah (alias Ahmadulla) Title: Qari. Function: Minister of Security (Intelligence) of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1975. Place of birth: Qarabagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Reportedly deceased in December 2001. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 25.1.2001.’

(16) ‘Abdul Bari Akhund (alias Haji Mullah Sahib). Title: (a) Maulavi, (b) Mullah. Function: Governor of Helmand Province under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1953. Place of birth: Helmand province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of a seven member Taliban leadership committee in Kandahar, Afghanistan, as of May 2007, (b) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.’

(17) ‘Ahmed Jan Akhund. Title: Maulavi. Function: Minister of Water and Electricity of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1953 and 1958. Place of birth: Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(18) ‘Attiqullah Akhund. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1953. Place of birth: Shawali Kott district, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(19) ‘Hamidullah Akhund. Title: Mullah. Function: Head of Ariana Afghan Airlines under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(20) ‘Mohammad Hassan Akhund. Title: (a) Mullah, (b) Haji. Function: (a) First Deputy, Council of Ministers of the Taliban regime, (b) Foreign Minister before Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil under the Taliban regime, (c) Governor of Kandahar under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) from the Malwhavi Khaalis faction, one of the seven factions of Jihad against the Soviets, (b) graduated from a madrrassa in Quetta, Pakistan, (c) a close associate of Mullah Omar.’

(21) ‘Mohammad Abbas Akhund. Title: Mullah. Function: Minister of Public Health of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(22) ‘Mohammad Essa Akhund. Title: (a) Alhaj, (b) Mullah. Function: Minister of Water, Sanitation and Electricity of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Spinboldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(23) ‘Ubaidullah Akhund (alias (a) Obaidullah Akhund, (b) Obaid Ullah Akhund). Title (a) Mullah, (b) Hadji, (c) Maulavi. Function: Minister of Defence of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1968. Place of birth: Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) One of the deputies of Mullah Omar, (b) Member of the Taliban’s leadership, in charge of military operations.’

(24) ‘Ahmad Jan Akhundzada Shukoor Akhundzada (alias (a) Ahmad Jan Akhunzada (b) Ahmad Jan Akhund Zada). Title: (a) Maulavi (b) Mullah. Function: Governor of Zabol Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Place of birth: Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Taliban member in charge of Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, as at early 2007. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 25.1.2001.’

(25) ‘Mohammad Sediq Akhundzada. Function: Deputy Minister of Martyrs and Repatriation of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1953 and 1958. Place of birth: Kabul province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(26) ‘Mohammad Eshaq Akhunzada. Title: Maulavi. Function: Governor of Laghman Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1963 and 1968. Place of birth: Qarabajh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(27) ‘Agha Jan Alizai (alias (a) Haji Agha Jan Alizai (b) Hajji Agha Jan (c) Agha Jan Alazai (d) Haji Loi Lala (e) Loi Agha). Title: Haji. Date of birth: (a) 15.10.1963, (b) 14.2.1973, (c) 1967, (d) Approximately 1957. Place of birth: (a) Hitemchai Village, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (b) Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 4.11.2010.’

(28) ‘Allahdad (alias Akhund). Title: Maulavi. Function: Minister of Construction of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1953. Place of birth: Spinboldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(29) ‘Aminullah Amin. Title: Maulavi. Function: Governor of Saripul Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(30) ‘Mohammad Sadiq Amir Mohammad. Title: (a) Alhaj, (b) Maulavi. Function: Head of Afghan Trade Agency, Peshawar, Pakistan under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: 1934. Place of birth: Ghazni, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: SE 011252 (Afghan passport).’

(31) ‘Muhammad Taher Anwari (alias (a) Mohammad Taher Anwari, (b) Haji Mudir). Title: Mullah. Function: Director of Administrative Affairs of the Taliban regime, (b) Minister of Finance of the Taliban. Date of birth: Approximately 1961. Place of birth: Zurmat district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(32) ‘Arefullah Aref. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Finance of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Zurmat district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(33) ‘Sayed Esmatullah Asem (alias Esmatullah Asem). Title: Maulavi. Function: (a) Deputy Minister of Preventing Vice and Propagating Virtue of the Taliban regime, (b) Secretary General of the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1967. Place of birth: Ningarhar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of the Taliban’s leadership as of May 2007, (b) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (c) Member of the Taliban Council of Peshawar.’

(34) ‘Sayed Allamuddin Atheer. (alias Sayed Allamuddin Athear) Function: Second Secretary, Taliban “Consulate General”, Peshawar, Pakistan. Date of birth: 15.2.1955. Place of birth: Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 000994 (Afghan passport). Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 25.1.2001.’

(35) ‘Atiqullah. Title: (a) Hadji, (b) Molla. Function: Deputy Minister of Public Works of the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(36) ‘Azizirahman. Title: Mr. Function: Third Secretary, Taliban Embassy, Abu Dhabi. Nationality: Afghan.’

(37) ‘Abdul Ghani Baradar (alias Mullah Baradar Akhund). Title: Mullah. Function: Deputy, Minister of Defence of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Weetmak village, Dehrawood district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Belongs to Popalzai tribe, (b) Senior Taliban military commander and member of Taliban “Quetta Council” as of May 2007, (c) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.’

(38) ‘Mohammad Daud. Function: Administrative Attaché, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1956. Place of birth: Kabul, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 00732.’

(39) ‘Arsalan Rahmani Mohammad Daulat (alias Arsala Rahmani). Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Higher Education of the Taliban regime. Address: Dehbori district Ward, Kabul, Afghanistan. Date of birth: 1941. Place of birth: Khaleqdad village, Urgon district, Paktika province, Afghanistan. National identification No: 106517. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of the Upper House (Mashrano Jerga) of the Afghan Parliament, (b) Head of the Education and Religious Committee of the House as of May 2007.’

(40) ‘Shahabuddin Delawar. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy of High Court of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: 1957. Place of birth: Logar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.’

(41) ‘Dost Mohammad (alias Doost Mohammad). Title: (a) Mullah, (b) Maulavi. Function: Governor of Ghazni Province under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1968 and 1973. Place of birth: Daman district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) One the Taliban military commanders as of May 2007, (b) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.’

(42) ‘Mohammad Azam Elmi. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Mines and Industries of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1968. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: reportedly deceased in 2005.’

(43) ‘Faiz. Title: Maulavi. Function: Head of the Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1969. Place of birth: Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(44) ‘Habibullah Fawzi (alias (a) Habibullah Faizi, (b) Habibullah Fauzi). Title: Qazi. Function: (a) Second secretary, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad, Pakistan, (b) First Secretary, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad, Pakistan, (c) “Ambassador” at Large, (d) Head of United Nations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime. Address: Dehbori district Ward, Kabul, Afghanistan. Date of birth: 1961. Place of birth: Atal village, Ander district, Ghazni, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: (a) D 010678 (Afghan passport issued on 19.12.1993), (b) OR 733375 (Afghan passport issued on 28.6.2005, valid until 2010). Other information: His father’s name is Mohammad Mangal. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 25.1.2001.’

(45) ‘Rustum Hanafi Habibullah (alias Rostam Nuristani). Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Public Works of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1963. Place of birth: Dara Kolum, Do Aab district, Nuristanprovince, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Taliban member in charge of Nuristan province, Afghanistan, as of May 2007.’

(46) ‘Gul Ahmad Hakimi. Title: Maulavi. Function: Commercial Attaché, Taliban “Consulate General”, Karachi. Nationality: Afghan.’

(47) ‘Abdullah Hamad. Title: Maulavi. Function: Consul General, Taliban “Consulate General”, Quetta, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1972. Place of birth: Helmand, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 00857 (issued on 20.11.1997).’

(48) ‘Hamdullah. Title: Maulavi. Function: Repatriation Attaché, Taliban “Consulate General”, Quetta. Nationality: Afghan.’

(49) ‘Zabihullah Hamidi; Function: Deputy Minister of Higher Education of the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(50) ‘Din Mohammad Hanif (alias Qari Din Mohammad). Title: Qari. Function: (a) Minister of Planning of the Taliban regime, (b) Minister of Higher Education of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1955. Place of birth: Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(51) ‘Sayeedur Rahman Haqani (alias Sayed Urrahman). Title: Maulavi. Function: (a) Deputy Minister of Mines and Industries of the Taliban regime, (b) Deputy Minister of Public Works of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1952. Place of birth: Kunar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: from Laghman Province, Afghanistan.’

(52) ‘Abdul Jalil Haqqani (alias Nazar Jan). Title: (a) Maulavi, (b) Mullah. Function: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Arghandaab district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (b) Member of the Taliban’s leadership Council as of May 2007, (c) Member of the Financial Commission of the Taliban Council.’

(53) ‘Badruddin Haqqani (alias Atiqullah). Address: Miram Shah, Pakistan. Date of birth: approximately 1975-79. Other information: (a) operational commander of the Haqqani Network and member of the Taliban shura in Miram Shah, (b) has helped lead attacks against targets in south-eastern Afghanistan, (c) son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, brother of Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani and Nasiruddin Haqqani, nephew of Khalil Ahmed Haqqani. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 11.5.2011.’

(54) ‘Ezatullah Haqqani. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Planning of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1957. Place of birth: Laghman province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.’

(55) ‘Jalaluddin Haqqani (alias (a) Jalaluddin Haqani, (b) Jallalouddin Haqqani, (c) Jallalouddine Haqani). Title: Maulavi. Function: Minister of Frontier Affairs of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1942. Place of birth: Khost province, Zadran district, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Father of Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani; (b) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area; (c) Although reported deceased in June 2007, still alive as of May 2008. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 31.1.2001.’

(56) ‘Khalil Ahmed Haqqani (alias (a) Khalil Al-Rahman Haqqani, (b) Khalil ur Rahman Haqqani, (c) Khaleel Haqqani). Title: Haji. Address: (a) Peshawar, Pakistan; (b) Near Dergey Manday Madrasa in Dergey Manday Village, near Miram Shah, North Waziristan Agency (NWA), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan, (c) Kayla Village near Miram Shah, North Waziristan Agency (NWA), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan; (d) Sarana Zadran Village, Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Date of birth: (a) 1.1.1966, (b) between 1958 and 1964. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Senior member of the Haqqani Network, which operates out of North Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan; (b) Had previously travelled to, and raised funds in, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; (c) Brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani and uncle of Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 9.2.2011.’

(57) ‘Mohammad Moslim Haqqani (alias Moslim Haqqani). Title: Maulavi. Function: (a) Deputy Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs of the Taliban regime, (b) Deputy Minister of Higher Education of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1958. Place of birth: Baghlan province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 25.1.2001.’

(58) ‘Mohammad Salim Haqqani. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Preventing Vice and Propagating Virtue of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1967. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: from Laghman province.’

(59) ‘Nasiruddin Haqqani (alias (a) Naseer Haqqani, (b) Dr. Naseer Haqqani, (c) Nassir Haqqani, (d) Nashir Haqqani, (e) Naseruddin, (f) Dr. Alim Ghair). Address: Pakistan. Date of birth: Approximately 1970-1973. Place of birth: Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Associated with the Haqqani Network, which operates out of North Waziristan in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 20.7.2010.’

(60) ‘Sayyed Mohammed Haqqani (alias Sayyed Mohammad Haqqani). Title: Mullah. Function: (a) Director of Administrative Affairs of the Taliban regime, (b) Head of Information and Culture in Kandahar province during the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1965. Place of birth: Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Graduate of the Haqqaniya Madrrassa in Pakistan, (b) Believed to have had close relations with Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, (b) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.’

(61) ‘Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani (alias (a) Siraj Haqqani, (b) Serajuddin Haqani, (c) Siraj Haqani, (d) Saraj Haqani, (e) Khalifa). Function: Na’ib Amir (Deputy Commander). Address: (a) Kela neighbourhood/Danda neighbourhood, Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan, (b) Manba’ul uloom Madrasa, Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan, (c) Dergey Manday Madrasa, Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan. Date of birth: approximately 1977/1978. Place of birth: (a) Danda, Miramshah, North Waziristan, Pakistan, (b) Srana village, Garda Saray district, Paktia province, Afghanistan, (c) Neka district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, (d) Khost province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Since 2004, major operational commander in eastern and southern regions of Afghanistan. (b) Son of Jallaloudine Haqani. (c) Belongs to Sultan Khel section, Zardan tribe of Garda Saray of Paktia province, Afghanistan. (d) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.’

(62) ‘Abdul Hai Hazem. Title: Maulavi. Function: First Secretary, Taliban “Consulate General”, Quetta, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1971. Place of birth: Ghazni, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 0001203.’

(63) ‘Hidayatullah (alias Abu Turab). Function: Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Arghandab district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(64) ‘Abdul Rahman Ahmad Hottak (alias Hottak Sahib). Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy (Cultural) Minister of Information and Culture of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1957. Place of birth: Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(65) ‘Najibullah Haqqani Hydayetullah (alias Najibullah Haqani). Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Finance of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1964. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) From Eastern Afghanistan, (b) Member of Taliban “Council” in Kunar province, Afghanistan, as of May 2007, (c) Cousin of Moulavi Noor Jalal.’

(66) ‘Gul Agha Ishakzai (alias (a) Mullah Gul Agha, (b) Mullah Gul Agha Akhund, (c) Hidayatullah, (d) Haji Hidayatullah, (e) Hayadatullah). Adress: Pakistan. Date of birth: Approximately 1972. Place of birth: Band-e-Timor, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Other information: Is part of a recently created Taliban council that coordinates the collection of zakat (Islamic tax) from Baluchistan Province, Pakistan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 20.7.2010.’

(67) ‘Noor Jalal (alias Nur Jalal). Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy (Administrative) Minister of Interior Affairs of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1960. Place of birth: Kunar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(68) ‘Qudratullah Jamal (alias Haji Sahib). Title: Maulavi. Function: Minister of Information of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Gardez, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.’

(69) ‘Saleh Mohammad Kakar (alias Saleh Mohammad). Date of birth: Approximately 1962. Place of birth: Nulgham Village, Panjwai District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Has owned a car dealership in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 4.11.2010.’

(70) ‘Rahamatullah Kakazada (alias (a) Rehmatullah, (b) Kakazada, (c) Mullah Nasir). Title: (a) Maulavi, (b) Mullah. Function: Consul General, Taliban “Consulate General”, Karachi, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1968. Place of birth: Ghazni, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 000952 (Afghan passport issued on 7.1.1999). Other information: Taliban “Governor” of the province of Ghazni, Afghanistan, as of May 2007.’

(71) ‘Abdul Rauf Khadem. Title: Mullah. Function: Commander of Central Corpus under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1958 and 1963. Place of birth: Uruzgan/Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(72) ‘Khairullah Khairkhwah (alias Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwah). Title: (a) Maulavi (b) Mullah. Function: (a) Governor of Herat Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime, (b) spokesperson of the Taliban regime, (c) Governor of Kabul province under the Taliban regime, (d) Minister of Internal Affairs under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1963. Place of birth: Arghistan district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: In custody as of June 2007. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 25.1.2001.’

(73) ‘Shamsullah Kmalzada (alias Shamsalah Kmalzada). Sex: Male. Function: Second Secretary, Taliban Embassy, Abu Dhabi. Nationality: Afghan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 25.1.2001.’

(74) ‘Abdul Razaq Akhund Lala Akhund. Title: Mullah. Function: (a) Minister of Interior Affairs of the Taliban regime, (b) Chief of Kabul police under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1958. Place of birth: Spin Boldak District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, in the area bordering Chaman district, Quetta, Pakistan. Other information: believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.’

(75) ‘Jan Mohmmad Madani. Title: Mr. Function: Chargé d'Affaires, Taliban Embassy, Abu Dhabi. Nationality: Afghan.’

(76) ‘Zia-ur-Rahman Madani (alias (a) Ziaurrahman Madani, (b) Zaia u Rahman Madani, (c) Madani Saheb) Title: Maulavi. Function: Governor of Logar Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1960. Place of birth: Taliqan, Takhar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Involved in drug trafficking, (b) In charge of Taliban’s military affairs in Takhar province, Afghanistan, as of May 2007, (c) In charge of Nangarhar province.’

(77) ‘Abdul Latif Mansur (alias Abdul Latif Mansoor). Title: Maulavi. Function: Minister of Agriculture of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1968. Place of birth: Zurmat district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Member of Taliban “Miram Shah Council”, as of May 2007.’

(78) ‘Mohammadullah Mati. Title: Maulavi. Function: Minister of Public Works of the Taliban regime. Place of birth: Arghandab district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(79) ‘Matiullah; Title: Mullah. Function: Director, Kabul Custom House under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1973. Place of birth: Daman district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(80) ‘Akhtar Mohammad Maz-Hari. Title: Maulavi. Function: Education Attaché, Taliban “Consulate General”, Peshawar, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1970. Place of birth: Kunduz, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: SE 012820 (Afghan passport issued on 4.11.2000). Other information: reportedly deceased in 2007.’

(81) ‘Fazl Mohammad Mazloom (alias (a) Molah Fazl, (b) Fazel Mohammad Mazloom). Title: Mullah. Function: Deputy Chief of Army Staff of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1963 and 1968. Place of birth: Uruzgan, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 23.2.2001.’

(82) ‘Nazar Mohammad. Title: Maulavi. Function: Governor of Kunduz Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(83) ‘Rahmatullah Wahidyar Faqir Mohammad (alias Ramatullah Wahidyar). Function: Deputy Minister for Martyrs and Repatriation of the Taliban regime. Address: Dehbori district Ward, Kabul, Afghanistan. Date of birth: 1957. Place of birth: Kotakhel village, Zormat district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. National identification No: 110675.’

(84) ‘Mohammad Homayoon. Title: Eng. Function: Deputy Minister of Water and Electricity of the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(85) ‘Mohammad Shafiq Mohammadi. Title: Maulavi. Function: Governor of Khost Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1948. Place of birth: Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(86) ‘Abdul Kabir Mohammad Jan (alias A. Kabir). Title: Maulavi. Function: (a) Second Deputy, Economic affairs, Council of Ministers of the Taliban regime, (b) Governor of Nangarhar Province under the Taliban regime, (c) Head of Eastern Zone under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1963. Place of birth: Zardran tribe, Paktja province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Active in terrorist operations in Eastern Afghanistan, (b) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area.’

(87) ‘Mohammad Rasul. Title: Maulavi. Function: Governor of Nimroz Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1958 and 1963. Place of birth: Spinboldak district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(88) ‘Mohammad Wali. Title: Maulavi. Function: Minister of Department of Preventing Vice and Propagating Virtue of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1965. Place of birth: Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(89) ‘Mohammad Yaqoub. Title: Maulavi. Function: Head of BIA under the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(90) ‘Amir Khan Motaqi (alias Amir Khan Muttaqi). Title: Mullah. Function: (a) Minister of Education of the Taliban regime, (b) Taliban representative in UN-led talks during the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Helmand province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan’

(91) ‘Abdulhai Motmaen. Title: Maulavi. Function: Director, Information and Culture Dept, Kandahar, Afghanistan during the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1973. Place of birth: Zabul province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(92) ‘Rafiullah Muazen. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy of High Court under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1943. Place of birth: Paktia province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(93) ‘Allah Dad Tayeb Wali Muhammad (alias (a) Allah Dad Tayyab, (b) Allah Dad Tabeeb). Title: (a) Mullah, (b) Haji. Function: Deputy Minister of Communication of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1963. Place of birth: Kandahar city, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(94) ‘Najibullah Muhammad Juma (alias Najib Ullah). Title: Maulavi. Function: Consul General, Taliban ‘Consulate General’, Peshawar, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1954. Place of birth: Farah. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: 00737 (Afghan passport issued on 20.10.1996).’

(95) ‘Mohammad Husayn Mustas’id (alias (a) Mohammad Hassan Mastasaeed, (b) Mstasaeed, (c) Mostas’eed, (d) Mohammad Husayn Mastasaeed). Title: Mullah. Function: Head of Academy of Sciences under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1964. Other information: believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 23.2.2001.’

(96) ‘Mohammad Naim (alias Mullah Naeem). Title: Mullah. Function: Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation of the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(97) ‘Nik Mohammad. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Commerce of the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(98) ‘Hamdullah Nomani. Title: Maulavi. Function: High ranking official in the Ministry of Higher Education under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(99) ‘Mohammad Aleem Noorani. Title: Mufti. Function: First Secretary, Taliban “Consulate General”, Karachi. Nationality: Afghan.’

(100) ‘Nurullah Nuri. Title: Maulavi. Function: (a) Governor of Balkh Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime, (b) Head of Northern Zone under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Shahjoe district, Zabul province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(101) ‘Abdul Manan. Title: (a) Mr, (b) Mawlawi. Function: Commercial Attaché, Taliban Embassy, Abu Dhabi. Nationality: Afghan.’

(102) ‘Mohammed Omar. Title: Mullah. Function: Leader of the Faithful (“Amir ul-Mumineen”), Afghanistan. Date of birth: Approximately 1966. Place of birth: Uruzgan province, Adehrawood village. Nationality: Afghan.’

(103) ‘Abdul Jabbar Omari. Title: Maulavi. Function: Governor of Baghlan Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Zabul, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(104) ‘Mohammad Ibrahim Omari. Title: Alhaj. Function: Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Zadran valley, Khost province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(105) ‘Nooruddin Turabi Muhammad Qasim (alias Noor ud Din Turabi). Title: (a) Mullah (b) Maulavi. Function: Minister of Justice of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1963. Place of birth: (a) Kandahar, Afghanistan, (b) Chora district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 25.1.2001.’

(106) ‘Abdul Salam Hanafi Ali Mardan Qul (alias (a) Abdussalam Hanifi, (b) Hanafi Saheb). Title: (a) Mullah, (b) Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Education of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Darzab district, Faryab district, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Taliban member responsible for Northern Afghanistan as of May 2007, (b) Involved in drug trafficking.’

(107) ‘Abdul Ghafar Qurishi (alias Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi). Title: Maulavi. Function: Repatriation Attaché, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad. Nationality: Afghan.’

(108) ‘Mohammad Rabbani. Title: Mullah. Date of birth: approximately 1961. Place of birth: Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Chairman of the Ruling Council (Taliban regime), (b) Head of the Council of Ministers (Taliban regime), (c) reportedly deceased in April 2001.’

(109) ‘Yar Mohammad Rahimi. Title: Mullah. Function: Minister of Communication of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1953. Place of birth: Panjwaee district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(110) ‘Mohammad Hasan Rahmani. Title: Mullah. Function: Governor of Kandahar Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Panjwae district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(111) ‘Habibullah Reshad. Title: Mullah. Function: Head of Investigation Department under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1968 and 1973. Place of birth: Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(112) ‘Abdulhai Salek. Title: Maulavi. Function: Governor of Uruzgan Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Reportedly deceased. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 23.2.2001.’

(113) ‘Sanani. Title: Maulavi. Function: Head of Dar-ul-Efta under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1923. Place of birth: Zabul province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(114) ‘Noor Mohammad Saqib. Function: Chief Justice of Supreme Court under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1958. Place of birth: Bagrami district, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(115) ‘Qalamudin Sar Andaz (alias Qalamuddin). Title: Maulavi. Function: (a) Deputy Minister of Haj Affairs of the Taliban regime, (b) Head of Olympic Committee of the Taliban regime. Address: Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Date of birth: Between 1958 and 1963. Place of birth: Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: in July 2003 he was in custody in Kabul, Afghanistan. Released from jail in 2005.’

(116) ‘Ehsanullah Sarfida. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Security (Intelligence) of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Qarabagh district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(117) ‘Saduddin Sayyed (alias (a) Sadudin Sayed, (b) Sadruddin). Title: (a) Maulavi, (b) Alhaj, (c) Mullah. Function: (a) Vice- Minister of Work and Social Affairs of the Taliban regime, (b) Mayor of Kabul City under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Chaman district, Pakistan.’

(118) ‘Qari Abdul Wali Seddiqi. Function: Third Secretary under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: 1974. Place of birth: Ghazni, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 000769 (Afghan passport issued on 2.2.1997).’

(119) ‘Abdul Wahed Shafiq. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Governor of Kabul Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Ningarhar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(120) ‘Mohammad Sohail Shaheen. Function: Second Secretary, Taliban “Embassy” Islamabad. Nationality: Afghan.’

(121) ‘Said Ahmed Shahidkhel. Title: Maulavi. Date of birth: approximately 1975. Place of birth: Central Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Deputy Minister of Education (Taliban regime), (b) was in custody in July 2003 in Kabul, Afghanistan.’

(122) ‘Akhtar Mohammad Mansour Shah Mohammed (alias (a) Akhtar Mohammad Mansour Khan Muhammad, (b) Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor, (c) Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor). Title: (a) Maulavi, (b) Mullah. Function: Minister of Civil Aviation and Transportation of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1960. Place of birth: (a) Kandahar, Afghanistan, (b) Kalanko Joftian, Zurmat district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Repatriated to Afghanistan in September 2006, (b) Member of Taliban leadership, (c) Involved in drug trafficking, (d) Active in the provinces of Khost, Paktia and Paktika, Afghanistan as of May 2007; Taliban “Governor” of Kandahar as of May 2007.’

(123) ‘Shamsudin. Title: Maulavi. Function: 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.’

(124) ‘Mohammad Sharif. Function: Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs of the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(125) ‘Shams Ur-Rahman Sher Alam (alias (a) Shamsurrahman (b) Shams-u-Rahman). Title: (a) Mullah (b) Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Taliban regime. Place of birth: Suroobi district, Kabul province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 23.2.2001.’

(126) ‘Abdul Ghafar Shinwari. Title: Haji. Function: Third Secretary, Taliban “Consulate General”, Karachi, Pakistan. Date of birth: 29.3.1965. Place of birth: Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 000763 (issued on 9.1.1997).’

(127) ‘Mohammad Sarwar Siddiqmal. Function: Third Secretary, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad. Nationality: Afghan.’

(128) ‘Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai. Function: Deputy Minister of Public Health of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Logar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(129) ‘Taha. Title: Maulavi. Function: Governor of Paktia Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: Ningarhar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(130) ‘Tahis. Title: Hadji. Function: Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation of the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(131) ‘Abdul Raqib Takhari. Title: Maulavi. Function: Minister of Repatriation of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1968 and 1973. Place of birth: Takhar province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(132) ‘Walijan. Title: Maulavi. Funtion: Governor of Jawzjan Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Quetta, Pakistan.’

(133) ‘Nazirullah Ahanafi Waliullah (alias Nazirullah Aanafi Waliullah). Title: (a) Maulavi, (b) Haji. Function: Commercial Attaché, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1962. Place of birth: Kandahar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 000912 (Afghan passport issued on 30.6.1998). Other information: Repatriated to Afghanistan in October 2006. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 25.1.2001.’

(134) ‘Abdul-Haq Wasiq (alias Abdul-Haq Wasseq). Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy Minister of Security (Intelligence) of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1975. Place of birth: Central Ghazni province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a (4) (b): 31.1.2001.’

(135) ‘Mohammad Jawad Waziri. Function: UN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime. Nationality: Afghan.’

(136) ‘Abdul Rahman Zahed (alias Abdul Rehman Zahid). Title: Mullah. Function: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: between 1963 and 1968. Place of birth: Logar province, Kharwar district, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

(137) ‘Mohammad Zahid. Title: Mullah. Function: Third Secretary, Taliban “Embassy”, Islamabad, Pakistan. Date of birth: 1971. Place of birth: Logar, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Passport No: D 001206 (issued on 17.7.2000).’

(138) ‘Rahimullah Zurmati. Title: Maulavi. Function: Deputy (Publication) Minister of Information and Culture of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1953 and 1958. Place of birth: Zurmat district, Paktia province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.’

ANNEX II

List of competent authorities in the Member States and address for notifications to the European Commission

(To be completed by the Member States)

A. Competent authorities in each Member State:

BELGIUM

BULGARIA

CZECH REPUBLIC

DENMARK

GERMANY

ESTONIA

IRELAND

GREECE

SPAIN

FRANCE

ITALY

CYPRUS

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

LUXEMBOURG

HUNGARY

MALTA

NETHERLANDS

AUSTRIA

POLAND

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

SLOVENIA

SLOVAKIA

FINLAND

SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM

B. Address for notifications to or other communication with the European Commission:

European Commission

Service for Foreign Policy Instruments

CHAR 12/106

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

Belgium

E-mail: relex-sanctions@ec.europa.eu

Tel.: (32 2) 295 5585

[1] OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.

[3] OJ C 69, 18.3.2010, p. 19.

[4] OJ L 43, 16.2.2000, p. 1.

[5] OJ L 43, 16.2.2000, p. 1.

[6] Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9).

[7] http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/cfsp/sanctions/consol-list_en.htm