Last Updated: January 19, 2026

ROSHAN MONEY EXCHANGE

Aliases

Haji Ahmad Shah Hawala; Maulawi Ahmed Shah Hawala; Mullah Ahmed Shah Hawala; Roshan Sarafi; Roshan Shirkat; Roshan Trading Company; Rushaan Trading Company

Address

Chaghi, Chaghi District, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan; Cholmon Road, Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan; Flat number 4, Furqan Centre, Jamaluddin Afghani Road, Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan; Gerd-e-Jangal, Chaghi District, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan; Haji Ghulam Nabi Market, Lashkar Gar, Helmand Province, Afghanistan; Hazar Joft,...

Other Information

Roshan Money Exchange stores and transfers funds to support Taliban military operations and narcotics trade in Afghanistan. Owned by Ahmed Shah Noorzai Obaidullah (TAi.166). INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-wework/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities click here

Date of listing

2012-06-29

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