Last Updated: January 19, 2026
SAYYED GHIASSOUDDINE AGHA
Aliases
SAYYED GHAYASUDIN; SAYED GHIAS; Sayed Ghiasuddin SAYED GHOUSUDDIN
Position
Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs under the Taliban regime; Education Minister under the Taliban regime
Nationality
Afghanistan
DoB
1961
Other Information
Taliban member responsible for Faryab, Jawzjan, Sari Pul and Balkh Provinces, Afghanistan as at June 2010. Involved in drug trafficking. Member of Taliban Supreme Council and Taliban Military Council as at December 2009. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Sadat ethnic group. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution...
Date of listing
2001-01-31
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Regime
UN, UK country specific
Target State
Afghanistan
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Afghanistan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They put in place sanctions measures to ensure the UK continues to meet its obligations under the United Nations sanctions regime relating to Afghanistan. UN sanctions were initially imposed in 1999, in response to the actions of the Taliban, including...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.
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