Division (1) Abdul Baqi Basir Awal Shah ( alias Abdul Baqi).F1

Title : (a) Maulavi, (b) Mullah. Grounds for listing: (a) Governor of Khost and Paktika provinces under the Taliban regime, (b) Vice-Minister of Information and Culture under the Taliban regime, (c) Consulate Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Taliban regime. Date of birth : Between 1960 and 1962 (Approximately). Place of birth : (a) Jalalabad City, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, (b) Shinwar District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality : Afghan. Date of UN designation : 23.2.2001 .

Other information: (a) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area; (b) Taliban member responsible for Nangarhar Province as at 2008. Review pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 1 Jun. 2010 . INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/1493921

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

Abdul Baqi initially served as the Governor of the provinces of Khost and Paktika for the Taliban regime. He was subsequently appointed Vice-Minister of Information and Culture. He also served in the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime.

During 2003, Abdul Baqi was involved in anti-government military activities in the Shinwar, Achin, Naziyan and Dur Baba Districts of the Nangarhar Province. As of 2009 he was engaged in organizing militant activities throughout the eastern region, particularly in the Nangarhar Province and Jalalabad City.