Last Updated: January 19, 2026
SAYYED MOHAMMED HAQQANI
Aliases
Sayyed Mohammad HAQQANI
Position
Director of Administrative Affairs under the Taliban regime; Head of Information and Culture in Kandahar Province under the Taliban regime
Nationality
Afghanistan
DoB
1965
Other Information
Graduate of the Haqqaniya madrasa in Akora Khattak, Pakistan. Believed to have had close relations with Taliban Leader Mullah Mohammed Omar (TAi.004). Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Member of Taliban Supreme Council as at June 2010. Belongs to Barakzai tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was conclu...
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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