UK sanctions: Afghanistan sanctions
140 designations under The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020: 135 people, 5 companies and groups, as listed on the UK Sanctions List dated 03-Nov-2026. The newest designation is dated 2 November 2015.
Names, positions, sanctions and reasons are quoted from the list. Dates of birth, passport numbers and addresses are left out. Being on the list is a government designation, not a criminal conviction.
| Name and position | Type | Designated | Sanctions | UK statement of reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAZIRULLAH HANAFI WALIULLAH Maulavi Commercial Attache, Taliban Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan 1 other name on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| ABDUL QADEER BASIR ABDUL BASEER General Head of Taliban Peshawar Financial Commission 16 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Financial advisor to Taliban Peshawar Military Council and Head of Taliban Peshawar Financial Commission. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| MOHAMMAD ZAHID Mullah Third Secretary, Taliban Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. Picture available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/ How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| MOHAMMAD SARWAR Siddiqmal MOHAMMAD MASOOD Third Secretary, Taliban Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan 1 other name on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Belongs to Mangal tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| Abdul Manan MOHAMMAD ISHAK Maulavi Commercial Attache, Taliban Embassy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 27 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| Azizirahman ABDUL AHAD Mr Third Secretary, Taliban Embassy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1996-2001) 2 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Belongs to Hotak tribe. Height 169cm. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals#2012-306385 |
| JAN MOHAMMAD MADANI IKRAM Maulavi Charge d'Affaires, Taliban Embassy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Alizai tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. Picture available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https:// www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| HAMIDULLAH AKHUND SHER MOHAMMAD Mullah Head of Ariana Afghan Airlines under the Taliban regime (1996-2001) 27 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Belongs to Ghilzai tribe. Height: 175cm. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals#2006-26140 |
| ABDUL RAHMAN AGHA Maulavi Chief Justice of Military Court under the Taliban regime | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/ Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| NOOR MOHAMMAD SAQIB Chief Justice of Supreme Court under the Taliban regime (1996-2001) 12 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Member of Taliban Supreme Council and Head of Taliban Religious Committee. Belongs to Ahmadzai tribe. Height 175cm or 180cm. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/Vi |
| AHMAD JAN AKHUNDZADA SHUKOOR AKHUNDZADA Mullah Governor of Zabol and Uruzgan Provinces under the Taliban regime 8 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Taliban member responsible for Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, as at early 2007. Brother-in-law of Mullah Mohammed Omar (TAi.004). Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individual |
| MOHAMMAD SHAFIQ MOHAMMADI Maulavi Governor General of Paktia, Paktika, Khost and Ghazni Provinces under the Taliban regime | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Supervises two military training centers of the Taliban as of mid-2013. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Hotak tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| ABDUL MANAN NYAZI Mullah Governor of Balk Province under the Taliban regime 16 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Taliban member responsible for Herat, Farah and Nimroz provinces as at mid-2013. Member of the Taliban Supreme Council and Quetta Shura. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Achekzai tribe. Involved in transporting suicide bombers to Afghanistan. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special |
| KHAIRULLAH KHAIRKHWAH Mullah Spokesperson of the Taliban regime (1996-2001) 64 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Belongs to Popalzai tribe. Height 176 cm. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals#2006-25973 |
| DOST MOHAMMAD Mullah Governor of Ghazni Province under the Taliban regime 12 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Associated with Mullah Jalil Haqqani (TAi.034). Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Popalzai tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 27 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UNNotices-Individuals click here |
| NURULLAH NURI Maulavi Head of Northern Zone under the Taliban regime 4 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Belongs to Tokhi tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| SADUDDIN SAYYED Maulavi Mayor of Kabul City under the Taliban regime 8 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Advisor to the Taliban Supreme Council as of mid-2013. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Barakzai tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https:// www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| AHMED JAN AKHUNDZADA WAZIR Maulavi Minister of Water and Electricity under the Taliban regime 24 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Member of Taliban Supreme Military Council as at 2009. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https:// www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| ABDUL RAQIB TAKHARI Maulavi Minister of Repatriation under the Taliban regime | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Member of Taliban Supreme Council responsible for Takhar and Badakhshan provinces as at Dec. 2009. Confirmed killed on 17 February in Peshawar, Pakistan and buried in Takhar Province, Afghanistan. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Not |
| MOHAMMAD MOSLIM HAQQANI MUHAMMADI GUL Maulavi Deputy Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs under the Taliban regime 2 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Ethnic Pashtun from Baghlan Province. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Speaks fluent English, Urdu and Arabic. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| RUSTUM HANAFI HABIBULLAH Maulavi Deputy Minister of Public Works under the Taliban regime 2 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Taliban member responsible for Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, as of May 2007. Belongs to Nuristani tribe. Reportedly deceased in early 2012. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https:// www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| MOHAMMADULLAH MATI Maulavi Minister of Public Works under the Taliban regime 1 other name on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Lost one leg in 1980s. Interim leader of Taliban Supreme Council from February to April 2010. In charge of recruitment activities as of mid-2013. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Isakzai tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How- |
| SHER MOHAMMAD ABBAS STANEKZAI PADSHAH KHAN Maulavi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under the Taliban regime | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. Picture available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| MOHAMMAD ABBAS AKHUND Mullah Mayor of Kandahar under the Taliban regime | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Member of Taliban Supreme Council in charge of the Medical Committee as of Jan. 2011. Directly supervises three medical centers caring for wounded Taliban fighters as of mid-2013. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Barakzai tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web lin |
| MOHAMMAD ESSA AKHUND Mullah Minister of Water, Sanitation and Electricity under the Taliban regime (1996-2001) 2 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Belongs to Nurzai tribe. Height 185cm. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 27 Jul. 2010. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals#2006-25957 |
| NOORUDDIN TURABI MUHAMMAD QASIM Mullah Minister of Justice under the Taliban regime (1996-2001) 36 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Deputy to Mullah Mohammed Omar (TAi.004). Height 165cm. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals#2006-25960 |
| ABDUL RAZAQ AKHUND LALA AKHUND Mullah Chief of Kabul Police under the Taliban regime | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Member of Taliban Supreme Council as at June 2008. Deputy of Mullah Mohammed Omar (TAi.004) as at Mar. 2010. Member of the Supervision Commission of the Taliban as of mid-2013. Involved in drug trafficking. Believed to be in Afghanistan/ Pakistan border area. Belongs to Achekzai tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Co |
| ABDUL RAHMAN AHMAD HOTTAK Maulavi Deputy (Cultural) Minister of Information and Culture under the Taliban regime 2 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Hotak tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/ Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| QUDRATULLAH JAMAL Maulavi Minister of Information under the Taliban regime (1996-2001) 1 other name on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Member of Taliban Supreme Council and member of Taliban Cultural Commission as at 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| DIN MOHAMMAD HANIF Qari Minister of Higher Education under the Taliban regime (1996-2001). 8 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Member of Taliban Supreme Council responsible for Takhar and Badakhshan provinces. Height 172cm. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 27 Jul. 2010. PicturePhoto available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individ |
| Abdul Jalil Haqqani WALI MOHAMMAD Maulavi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under the Taliban regime 20 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Member of the Taliban Supreme Council as of May 2007. Member of the Financial Commission of the Taliban Council. Responsible for logistics for the Taliban and also active as a businessman in his personal capacity as at mid-2013. Belongs to Alizai tribe. Brother of Atiqullah Wali Mohammad (TAi.070). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1 |
| ABDUL RAHMAN ZAHED Mullah Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under the Taliban regime 1 other name on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/ Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| AMIR KHAN MOTAQI Mullah Minister of Education under the previous Taliban regime (1996-2001) 240 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Member of the Taliban Supreme Council as of June 2007. Belongs to Sulaimankhel tribe. Height 170 cm. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UNNotices-Individual |
| Ubaidullah Akhund YAR MOHAMMAD AKHUND Mullah Minister of Defence under the Taliban regime 12 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | He was one of the deputies of Mullah Mohammed Omar (TAi.004) and a member of the Taliban's Supreme Council, in charge of military operations. Arrested in 2007 and was in custody in Pakistan. Confirmed deceased in March 2010 and buried in Karachi, Pakistan. Linked by marriage to Saleh Mohammad Kakar Akhtar Muhammad (TAi.149). Belonged to Alokozai tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resol |
| ALLAH DAD TAYEB WALI MUHAMMAD Mullah Deputy Minister of Communication under the Taliban regime 4 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Belongs to Popalzai tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 29 Jul. 2010. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Deceased as of November 2015. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UNNotices-Individuals click here |
| YAR MOHAMMAD RAHIMI Mullah Minister of Communication of the Taliban regime | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Member of Taliban Supreme Council as at 2009. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Nurzai tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| AKHTAR MOHAMMAD MANSOUR SHAH MOHAMMED Maulavi Minister of Civil Aviation and Transportation under the Taliban regime 6 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Involved in drug trafficking as of 2011, primarily through Gerd-e-Jangal, Afghanistan. Active in the provinces of Khost, Paktia and Paktika, Afghanistan as of May 2007. Taliban 'Governor' of Kandahar as of May 2007. Deputy to Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (TAi.024) in the Taliban Supreme Council as of 2009. Taliban official responsible for four southern provinces of Afghanistan. Following the |
| Abdul Kabir MOHAMMAD JAN Maulavi Governor of Nangarhar Province under the previous Taliban regime (1996-2001) 18 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Active in terrorist operations in Eastern Afghanistan. Collects money from drug traffickers. Member of the Taliban Supreme Council as at 2009. Family is originally from Neka District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Responsible for attack on Afghan parliamentarians in November 2007 in Baghlan; owns land in central Baghlan Province. Belongs to Zadran tribe. Height 185cm. Review pursuant to Security C |
| MOHAMMAD HASSAN AKHUND Mullah Political Advisor of Mullah Mohammed Omar 40 other names on the list | Individual | 25 January 2001 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | A close associate of Mullah Mohammed Omar (TAi.004). Member of Taliban Supreme Council as at Dec. 2009. Belongs to Baabar tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/ Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals click here |
| Mohammed Omar GHULAM NABI Mullah Director of Administrative Affairs under the Taliban regime | Individual | 12 April 2000 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban | Father's name is Ghulam Nabi, also known as Mullah Musafir. Left eye missing. Brother-in-law of Ahmad Jan Akhundzada Shukoor Akhundzada (TAi.109). Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Hotak tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 27 Jul. 2010. Reportedly deceased as of April 2013. INTERPOLUN Security Council Special Notice we |
Where this comes from
The UK Sanctions List (FCDO, GOV.UK); CSV read 4 November 2026 (saved copy). Every UK sanctions regime.