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Abdul Samad ACHEKZAI

Aliases

Abdul SAMAD

Nationality

Afghanistan

DoB

1970

Address

Balochistan Province, Pakistan

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated improvised explosive devices (IED) facilitator Abdul Samad Achekzai (Samad) for acting for or on behalf of the Taliban pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224.  Samad was also added to the United Nations 1988 list of individuals, groups, undertakings and...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg1440

Date of listing

2012-03-02

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Terrorism

Measures

Blocking Property

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2396

Official Information

On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (68 FR 34196, June 6, 2003 (“the Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 of September 23, 2001, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 FR 49079, September 25, 2001)...

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/01/2022-13969/global-terrorism-sanctions-regulations