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UBAIDULLAH AKHUND YAR MOHAMMAD AKHUND

عبیدالله آخوند یار محمد آخوند

UN reference
TAi.022
Sanctions regime
Taliban (1988 Committee)
Type
Individual
Designation
Minister of Defence under the Taliban regime
Nationality
Afghanistan
Date of birth
1968 (approximately); 1969
Place of birth
Sangisar village, Panjwai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Arghandab District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Zheray District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Aliases
Obaid Ullah Akhund; Obaidullah Akhund
Listed on
25 January 2001
Updated by the UN
31 December 2013

Other information (UN original text)

He was one of the deputies of Mullah Mohammed Omar (TAi.004) and a member of the Taliban's Supreme Council, in charge of military operations. Arrested in 2007 and was in custody in Pakistan. Confirmed deceased in March 2010 and buried in Karachi, Pakistan. Linked by marriage to Saleh Mohammad Kakar Akhtar Muhammad (TAi.149). Belonged to Alokozai tribe INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals

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