Last Updated: January 19, 2026
ABDUL GHANI BARADAR ABDUL AHMAD TURK
Aliases
Baradar AKHUND; Abdul Ghani Baradar
Position
Deputy Minister of Defence under the Taliban regime; Deputy Minister of Defence under the Taliban regime
Nationality
Afghanistan
DoB
1968
Address
na
Reg. ID
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Other Information
Arrested in Feb. 2010 and in custody in Pakistan. Extradition request to Afghanistan pending in Lahore High Court, Pakistan as of June 2011. Belongs to Popalzai tribe. Senior Taliban military commander and member of Taliban Quetta Council as of May 2007. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 1 Jun. 2010. INTERP...
Date of listing
2001-02-23
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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