Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Motmaen Abdulhai
Aliases
Abdulhai Motmaen; Abdul Haq
Position
(a) Director of the Information and Culture Department in Kandahar Province under the Taliban regime, (b) Spokesperson of the Taliban regime.
Nationality
Afghanistan
DoB
N/A
Reg. ID
OA462456 (passport-National passport) (valid from 2012-01-31)(afghan passport issued under the name abdul haq son of m. anwar khan) issued on 31.1.2012 (11-11-1390).)
Linked to
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0404&from=EN
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2001-02-23)
Date of listing
2017-03-09
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures imposed with respect to the Taliban
Regime
UN
Target State
Afghanistan
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex of Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP.
Official Information
The measures were initially imposed on 15 October 1999. On 17 June 2011, the United Nations' Security Council adopted resolutions 1988 (2011) and 1989 (2011) and decided that the list of individuals and entities subject to restrictive measures originally imposed by resolution 1267 (1999) would be split in two. The original resolution 1267 (1999) co...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02011D0486-20220205