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Targeted financial sanctions obligations and designated lists relating to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and proliferation financing

Notices

30 October 2026UN Security Council updates the sanctions list (30/10/2026)

MOHAMMAD YAQOUB

محمد يعقوب

UN reference
TAi.052
Sanctions regime
Taliban (1988 Committee)
Type
Individual
Designation
Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) under the Taliban regime
Nationality
Afghanistan
Date of birth
1966 (approximately)
Place of birth
Shahjoi District, Zabul Province, Afghanistan
Janda District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
Listed on
23 February 2001
Updated by the UN
31 December 2013

Other information (UN original text)

Member of Taliban Cultural Commission. Directs a Taliban "front" and coordinates all military activities of Taliban forces in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan as of mid-2013. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Kharoti (Taraki) tribe INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals

If your counterparty matches this record: suspend the transaction, freeze the related funds and assets without delay and report to the competent authorities.