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MOHAMMAD YAQOUB

Terrorism · Sanctioned entity

MOHAMMAD YAQOUB is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	MOHAMMAD YAQOUB · Maulavi Mohammad Yaqoub · Mohammad Yaqoub · Yaqoub Mohammad · מחמד יעקוב · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Молави Мохаммад Якуб · محمد ي عقوب · محمد يعقوب				[sources]
Birth date	1966				[sources]
Place of birth	District de Janda, province de Ghazni · District de Shahjoi, province de Zabol · District de Shahjoi, province de Zabol : AFGHANISTAN, District de Janda, province de Ghazni : AFGHANISTAN · Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, Zabul Province, Afghanistan · Janda District, Ghazni Province · 11 more...				[sources]
Nationality	Afghanistan				[sources]
Country	Afghanistan				[sources]
Country of birth	Afghanistan				[sources]
First name	MOHAMMAD YAQOUB · Maulavi · Mohammad Yaqoub · Молави · محمد يعقوب				[sources]
Last name	MOHAMMAD YAQOUB · Yaqoub · Якуб				[sources]
Second name	Mohammad · Мохаммад				[sources]
Title	Maulavi · Maulavi （マウラヴィ）				[sources]
Position	Head of BIA · Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) under the Taliban regime · Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) under the Taliban regime · Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) （バフタール通信社編集長） · Maulavi · 1 more...				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · www.dans.bg				[sources]
Last change	2025-02-10	Last processed	2025-02-21	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

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.

— Argentina RePET Sanctions, 2023-04-20

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.

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

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.

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

Head of BIA

— Bulgarian Persons of Interest non-official source, 2023-04-20

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

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

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.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

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.

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2023-04-20

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.

— EU Consolidated Travel Bans, 2023-04-20

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).

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

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

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

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. click here

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

Koordinator kegiatan militer pasukan Taliban di Mainwand, Kandahar, Afganistan

— Indonesian List of Suspected Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations, 2024-10-07

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。

— Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People, 2023-04-20

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.

— UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions, 2023-04-20

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.

— South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

Relationships

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 2 October 2000 on measures against individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the group «Al-Qaïda» or the Taliban (SR 946.203), annex 2	2014-01-22	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2017/404 du 07/03/2017 (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) 263/2014 du 14/03/2014 (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) · 3 more...	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UN	The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020	2001-02-23	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UN	Afghanistan	2001-02-23	-
National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing · The State Security Cabinet (SSC)	הכרזה על ארגו ן טרור על פי סעיף 2 לחוק איסור מימון טרור התשסה- 2005 · מועבי"ט - או"ם	2011-11-22	-
Ministerio de Justicia	Taliban · UN List	2001-02-23	-
Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center	-	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Ministry of Finance	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。	2001-02-23	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	AFG	2017-03-10	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	1988 (Taliban)	2014-01-06	-
Financial Intelligence Centre	-	-	-
Centrul Antiterorist al Serviciului de Informaţii şi Securitate al Republicii Moldova	Lista persoanelor, entităţilor şi a altor grupuri asociate cu „Taliban” menţinută de CCS al ONU, instituit prin Rezoluţia 1988 (2011)	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	AFG	2017-03-10	-
State Finance Monitoring Service	Резолюція РБ ООН 1988 (2011)	2014-01-09	-
United Nations Security Council	Taliban	2001-02-23	-

Data sources

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,554

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,717

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions873

The South African FIC sanctions list, largely based on UN Security Council sanctions.

South Africa · FIC

Türkiye Asset Freezing Sanctions List (MASAK)2,259

Individuals, entities, and organizations whose assets are frozen by the Republic of Türkiye based on United Nations Security Council resolutions, requests from foreign countries, domestic decisions, and efforts to counter the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Türkiye · MASAK

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,170

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

Indonesian List of Suspected Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations536

A list of suspected terrorists and terrorist organizations as determined by the Central Jakarta District Court.

Indonesia · PPATK

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,260

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions1,234

The Security Council's set of sanctions serve as the foundation for most national sanctions lists.

UNSC

Moldovan Sanctions for Terrorism and Proliferation of WMD697

Sanctions on persons and entities involved in terrorist activities and the proliferation of weapons of masss destruction

Moldova · CAS-SIS

French National Asset Freezing System5,263

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,322

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,601

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Argentina RePET Sanctions727

Public Registry of Persons and Entities linked to acts of Terrorism and their Financing

Argentina · MdJ

Ukraine SFMS Blacklist866

Ukraine's financial intelligence unit publishes this list of sanctioned individuals.

Ukraine · SFMS

Polish Sanctions Countering Money Laundering and Terror Financing484

Sanctions by Polish Ministry of Finance countering money laundering and terror financing, as well as UN Security Council resolutions 2253 and 1988

Poland · GIIF

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,793

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Qatar Unified Record of Persons and Entities on Sanction List706

This dataset contains both UN-mandated and the national sanctions designations for Qatar (Targeted Financial Sanctions).

Qatar · NCTC

Bulgarian Persons of Interest574

A list of persons and companies sanctioned for involvement with terrorism financing released by the government in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria · OMNIO Compliance · non-official source

Israel Terrorists Organizations and Unauthorized Associations lists941

Terrorist organizations and individuals as designated by the Israeli government

Israel · NBCTF

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,242

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,662

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

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