Division (119) Mohammad Aman Akhund ( alias (a) Mohammed Aman, (b) Mullah Mohammed Oman, (c) Mullah Mohammad Aman Ustad Noorzai, (d) Mullah Mad Aman Ustad Noorzai, (e) Sanaullah).F1
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Date of birth: 1970. Place of birth: Bande Tumur Village, Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Date of UN designation: 6.1.2012 .
Other information: Senior Taliban member as at 2011 with financial duties, including raising funds on behalf of the leadership. Has provided logistical support for Taliban operations and channelled proceeds from drug trafficking to arms purchases. Has acted as secretary to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and as his messenger at senior-level meetings of the Taliban. Also associated with Gul Agha Ishakzai. Member of Mullah Mohammed Omar's inner circle during the Taliban regime. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/4665005
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Mohammad Aman Akhund is a senior Taliban member who performs finance-related duties and has acted as Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar's secretary. In early 2010, Aman Akhund and Gul Agha Ishakzai, the head of the Taliban financial commission, collected over USD 300 000 in the Gulf on behalf of the Taliban military leadership. Aman Akhund has attended senior-level Taliban meetings, where he delivered oral and written messages from Mullah Omar.
Aman Akhund has also provided logistical support to Taliban operations and has been involved in collecting money from the drug trade in order to buy weapons for the Taliban. During the Taliban regime, Aman Akhund was a member of Mullah Omar's shura.