Person

Ahmed YAQUB

Counter-sanctioned entity

Born 1967,Afghanistan. Named in 21 sanctions listings.

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Family is originally from Zabul, but settled later in Helmand. Member of the Taliban Supreme Council and spokesperson for Mullah Mohammed Omar (TAi.004) as of 2007. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Kharoti 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

TAi.052 Title: Maulavi. Designation: Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) under the Taliban regime. Member of Taliban Cultural Commission. Directs a Taliban "front" and coordinates all military activities of Taliban forces in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan as of mid-2013. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Kharoti (Taraki) tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010.

DATE_DE_NAISSANCE: {"Annee": "1966", "Commentaire": "vers", "Jour": "", "Mois": ""}

Birth date as published: 1966年頃

Member of Taliban Cultural Commission. Directs a Taliban front and coordinates all military activities of Taliban forces in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan as of mid-2013. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Kharoti (Taraki) tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010.

(UE) 968/2011 du 29/09/2011 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011) (FondementJuridique: 459)

Birth information published: year=1966; calendarType=GREGORIAN; circa=1; city=Janda District, Ghazni Province; countryDescription=AFGHANISTAN

Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Kharoti (Taraki) tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010.

Birth information published: year=1966; calendarType=GREGORIAN; circa=true; city=Janda District, Ghazni Province; countryDescription=AFGHANISTAN

Chef de la Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) sous le régime des talibans - Membre de la Commission culturelle Taliban. Il dirige un «front» Taliban et coordonne toutes les activités militaires des forces Taliban dans le district de Maiwand, province de Kandahar, Afghanistan, à la mi-2013. Se trouverait dans la région frontalière entre l'Afghanistan et le Pakistan. Membre de la tribu Kharoti (Taraki).

- Memiliki gelar “Maulavi” - Jabatan: Kepala Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) di bawah rezim Taliban - Anggota Komisi Kebudayaan Taliban - Memimpin sebuah "front" (organisasi pendukung) Taliban dan mengkoordinasikan semua kegiatan militer pasukan Taliban di Distrik Maiwand, Provinsi Kandahar, Afganistan sejak pertengahan 2013 - Diyakini berada di wilayah perbatasan Afganistan/Pakistan - Bagian dari suku Kharoti (Taraki)

Member of Taliban Cultural Commission. Directs a Taliban "front" and coordinates all military activities of Taliban forces in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan as of mid-2013. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Kharoti (Taraki) tribe INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:

Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) under the Taliban regime.

Place of Birth: Jeda Walah is possibly Jadanwala

(UE) 263/2014 du 14/03/2014 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011) (FondementJuridique: 603)

Birth information published: year=1966; calendarType=GREGORIAN; circa=true; city=Shahjoi District, Zabul Province; countryDescription=AFGHANISTAN

Head of BIA

(UE) 753/2011 du 02/08/2011 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011) (FondementJuridique: 458)

Adı Soyadı: 1: MOHAMMAD YAQOUB 2: - 3: - 4: - Adının Orjinal Dilde Yazımı: محمد يعقوب Unvanı: Mevlevi   Görevi: Taliban Rejimi Bakhtar Enformasyon Ajansı (BIA) Başkanı Doğum Tarihi: Tahmini olarak 1966   Doğum Yeri: a) Shahjoi Bölgesi, Zabul İli, Afganistan   b) Janda Bölgesi, Ghazni İli, Afganistan   Kullandığı veya Bilinen Diğer Adları: -  Uyruğu: Afgan   Pasaport Numarası:-   Ulusal Kimlik Numarası: -   Adres: -   Diğer Bilgiler: Taliban Kültür Komisyonu üyesidir. Taliban’ın bir “cephe”sini yönetmektedir ve 2013 yılının ortaları itibariyle Maiwand/Kandahar/Afganistan bölgesindeki Taliban kuvvetlerinin tüm askeri faaliyetlerini koordine etmektedir. Afganistan/Pakistan sınır bölgesinde olduğu düşünülmektedir. Kharoti (Taraki) aşiretine mensuptur. 1822 (2008) sayılı Güvenlik Konseyi kararı uyarınca yapılan gözden geçirme 23 Temmuz 2010 tarihinde tamamlanmıştır.

(also Hamad GHANI, Mohammad YAKOOB)

Date de naissance publiée : vers 1966

(also Ahmed YAQUB)

Birth information published: year=1966; calendarType=GREGORIAN; circa=1; city=Shahjoi District, Zabul Province; countryDescription=AFGHANISTAN

(UE) 263/2012 du 23/03/2012 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011) (FondementJuridique: 591)

タリバーン文化委員会のメンバー。2013年中期時点でタリバーンの「前線」を指揮し、Maiwand District(Kandahar Province, Afghanistan)のタリバン軍の全ての軍事活動を調整している。アフガニスタンとパキスタンの国境地帯にいると思われている。Kharoti (Taraki)部族に属する。安全保障理事会決議1822(2008年)に基づく見直しは2010年7月23日に終了した。

décision du comité des sanctions des Nations unies du 23/02/2001 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011) (FondementJuridique: 753)

(Date of UN designation: 2001-02-23) (Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Kharoti (Taraki) 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/notice/search/un/5741615)

Member of Taliban Cultural Commission. Directs a Taliban "front" and coordinates all military activities of Taliban forces in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan as of mid-2013. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Kharoti (Taraki) tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.

(UE) 2017/404 du 07/03/2017 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011) (FondementJuridique: 610)

TAi.052 Title: Maulavi. Designation: Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) under the Taliban regime.Member of Taliban Cultural Commission. Directs a Taliban "front" and coordinates all military activities of Taliban forces in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan as of mid-2013. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Kharoti (Taraki) tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010.

Designated by (Hebrew): ועדת השרים לענייני ביטחון לאומי

(UE) 543/2012 du 25/06/2012 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011) (FondementJuridique: 593)

Sanctions and listings21

  • Taliban Sanctions - (UE) 968/2011 du 29/09/2011 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011); décision du comité des sanctions des Nations unies du 23/02/2001 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011); (UE) 753/2011 du 02/08/2011 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011); (UE) 263/2014 du 14/03/2014 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011); (UE) 263/2012 du 23/03/2012 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011); (UE) 2017/404 du 07/03/2017 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011); (UE) 543/2012 du 25/06/2012 (ONU Afghanistan/Taliban - Résolution 1988 (2011) du CSNU et R (UE) 753/2011)

    Direction Générale du TrésorFrench National Asset Freezing SystemFrance

    Chef de la Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) sous le régime des talibans - Membre de la Commission culturelle Taliban. Il dirige un «front» Taliban et coordonne toutes les activités militaires des forces Taliban dans le district de Maiwand, province de Kandahar, Afghanistan, à la mi-2013. Se trouverait dans la région frontalière entre l'Afghanistan et le Pakistan. Membre de la tribu Kharoti (Taraki).

    Programme UN-SC1988gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.frun.org

  • Listed
    9 Mar 2017

    EU Restrictive measures imposed with respect to the Taliban

    Federal Public Service FinanceBelgian Financial SanctionsBelgium

    2017/404 (OJ L63)

    Programme EU-AFGfinance.belgium.besanctionsmap.eu

  • Effective
    23 Feb 2001

    UK sanctions relating to Afghanistan - The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

    Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office; UNUK FCDO Sanctions ListUnited Kingdom

    Asset freeze and travel ban

    Programme GB-AFGReference 7550Reference AFG0043Reference TAi.052Last updated 18 Dec 2021gov.ukgov.uk

  • Listed
    24 Sep 2012; 14 Sep 2012

    Reciprocal

    OFACUS SAM Procurement ExclusionsUnited StatesActive

    Prohibition/Restriction

    Redacted for Security Reasons

    sam.gov

  • EU Restrictive measures imposed with respect to the Taliban - Council Decision concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan

    Council of the European UnionEU Consolidated Travel BansEuropean Union

    regulationType=council decision; organisationType=council

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

    Programme EU-AFGeur-lex.europa.eusanctionsmap.eu

  • Taliban Sanctions - 1988 (Taliban)

    Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeAustralian Sanctions Consolidated ListAustralia

    Targeted financial sanction, arms embargo and travel ban

    Listed on 23 February 2001 (amended on 21 Sep 2007, 29 Nov. 2011, 1 Jun. 2012 and 31 Dec. 2013)

    Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions—the Taliban) Regulation 2013

    Programme UN-SC1988Last updated 5 Feb 2026dfat.gov.auun.org

  • Listed
    30 Aug 2012

    Counter Terrorism - SDGT

    Office of Foreign Assets ControlUS OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) ListUnited States

    SDGT and block

    Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886

    Executive Order 13224 (Terrorism)

    Programme US-TERRReference 15415treasury.govofac.treasury.gov

  • Official designation

    Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis CenterIndonesian List of Suspected Terrorists and Terrorist OrganizationsIndonesia

    Reference ILT-086ppatk.go.id

  • Listed
    23 Feb 2001

    UN List; Taliban

    Ministerio de JusticiaArgentina RePET SanctionsArgentina

    Referencia publicada: TAi.052

    Reference TAi.052Last updated 31 Dec 2013repet.jus.gob.ar

  • Listed
    9 Mar 2017
    Effective
    23 Feb 2001

    EU Restrictive measures imposed with respect to the Taliban - AFG

    Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets UnionEU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)European Union

    Designation date published: 2001-02-23

    regulationType=amendment; organisationType=council

    2017/404 (OJ L63)

    Programme EU-AFGReference EU.571.57eur-lex.europa.eusanctionsmap.eu

  • Listed
    24 Sep 2012; 14 Sep 2012

    Reciprocal

    OFACUS SAM Procurement ExclusionsUnited StatesActive

    Prohibition/Restriction

    Redacted for Security Reasons

    sam.gov

  • Listed
    14 May 2025
    Effective
    15 May 2025

    Measures Against Individuals and Groups Associated with the Taliban - Ordinance on measures against individuals and groups associated with the Taliban

    State Secretariat for Economic AffairsSwiss SECO Sanctions/EmbargoesSwitzerland

    Programme SECO-TALIBANReference 79099Reference TAi.052seco.admin.chseco.admin.ch

  • Listed
    24 Sep 2012; 14 Sep 2012

    Reciprocal

    OFACUS SAM Procurement ExclusionsUnited StatesActive

    Prohibition/Restriction

    Redacted for Security Reasons

    sam.gov

  • Lista persoanelor, entităţilor şi a altor grupuri asociate cu „Taliban” menţinută de CCS al ONU, instituit prin Rezoluţia 1988 (2011)

    Centrul Antiterorist al Serviciului de Informaţii şi Securitate al Republicii MoldovaMoldovan Sanctions for Terrorism and Proliferation of WMDMoldova

    antiteror.sis.md

  • Official designation

    La Principauté de MonacoMonaco National Fund Freezing ListMonaco

    décision du comité des sanctions des Nations unies du 23/02/2001, (ue) 543/2012 du 25/06/2012, (ue) 263/2012 du 23/03/2012, (ue) 2017/404 du 07/03/2017, (ue) 753/2011 du 02/08/2011, (ue) 263/2014 du 14/03/2014 and (ue) 968/2011 du 29/09/2011

    Autorité de désignation publiée : Organisation des Nations unies

    Chef de la Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) sous le régime des talibans - Membre de la Commission culturelle Taliban. Il dirige un «front» Taliban et coordonne toutes les activités militaires des forces Taliban dans le district de Maiwand, province de Kandahar, Afghanistan, à la mi-2013. Se trouverait dans la région frontalière entre l'Afghanistan et le Pakistan. Membre de la tribu Kharoti (Taraki).

    geldefonds.gouv.mc

  • Listed
    23 Feb 2001

    Official designation

    Financial Intelligence CentreSouth Africa Targeted Financial SanctionsSouth Africa

    Reference TAi.052fic.gov.za

  • Listed
    9 Jan 2014

    Резолюція РБ ООН 1988 (2011)

    State Finance Monitoring ServiceUkraine SFMS BlacklistUkraine

    fiu.gov.ua

  • Effective
    22 Nov 2011

    מועבי"ט - או"ם; הכרזה על ארגו ן טרור על פי סעיף 2 לחוק איסור מימון טרור התשסה- 2005

    The State Security Cabinet (SSC); National Bureau for Counter Terror FinancingIsrael Terrorists Organizations and Unauthorized Associations lists

    nbctf.mod.gov.il

  • Asset freezes pursuant to Article 5 of Law No. 6415.

    Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Treasury and Finance - Financial Crimes Investigation BoardTürkiye Asset Freezing Sanctions List (MASAK)Turkey

    TALİBAN İLE BAĞLANTILI GERÇEK KİŞİLER

    ms.hmb.gov.tren.hmb.gov.tr

  • Listed
    23 Feb 2001

    Taliban Sanctions - Taliban

    United Nations Security CouncilUN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions

    Programme UN-SC1988Reference TAi.052Last updated 31 Dec 2013un.orgun.org

  • Effective
    22 Sep 2001; 23 Feb 2001

    タリバーン関係者等 (タリバーン、アル・カーイダ及びISIL(ダーイシュ)関係者等) / (注1)国連安保理決議第1267号、第1333号、第1390号、第1988号、第1989号、第2253号及び第2255号に加えて、国連安保理決議第1373号に基づく資産凍結措置の対象に指定されている個人及び団体については、告示番号の冒頭に*印を付しています。 (注2)2021年5月28日以降の制裁対象者の追加指定につきましては、外務省告示を2回に分けて発出することとなりました。 (1回目:制裁対象者の氏名等を国連安保理が公表した英文の情報のまま発出する告示、2回目:制裁対象者の氏名等に仮名表記等を追加・修文する告示)2回目の告示発出につきましては、当シートの告示日付には反映しておりません。

    Ministry of FinanceJapan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible PeopleJapan

    notification_date as published: 2012.10.25改訂

    designated_date_un as published: 2001年2月23日(2003年9月3日、2007年9月21日、2011年11月29日、2012年6月1日及び2013年12月31日に改訂)

    notification_date as published: 2012.3.27改訂

    notification_date as published: 2014.2.6改訂

    notification_date as published: 2008.6.25改訂

    Reference 52Last updated 6 Feb 2014mof.go.jp

Positions held7

  1. Period not retained

    Taliban Rejimi Bakhtar Enformasyon Ajansı (BIA) Başkanı

  2. Period not retained

    Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) under the Taliban regime

  3. Period not retained

    Maulavi

  4. Period not retained

    Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) under the Taliban regime

  5. Period not retained

    Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) (バフタール通信社編集長)

  6. Period not retained

    Head of BIA

  7. Period not retained

    ръководител на BIA

Other names14

Also known as14

محمد ي عقوبMohammad YAKOOBHamad GHANIYAKOOB, MohammadМолави Мохаммад ЯкубGHANI, Hamadمحمد يعقوبモハンマド・ヤクブMaulavi Mohammad YaqoubYaqoub MohammadYAQUB, AhmedMohammad YaqoubMOHAMMAD YAQOUBמחמד יעקוב

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