Last Updated: January 19, 2026

SAID AHMED SHAHIDKHEL

Position

Deputy Minister of Education under the Taliban regime

Nationality

Afghanistan

DoB

1975

Other Information

In July 2003 he was in custody in Kabul, Afghanistan. Released from custody in 2007. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Member of the Taliban leadership council as of mid-2013. Belongs to Andar tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010. INTERPOLUN Security Council Special Notice...

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.

Program URL

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/948/contents/made