Division (120) Ahmed Jan Wazir Akhtar Mohammad ( alias : (a) Ahmed Jan Kuchi, (b) Ahmed Jan Zadran).F1

Grounds for listing : Official of the Ministry of Finance during the Taliban regime. Date of birth : 1963. Place of birth : Barlach Village, Qareh Bagh District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Date of UN designation : 6.1.2012 .

Other information : Key commander of the Haqqani Network, which is based in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Acts as deputy, spokesperson and advisor for Haqqani Network senior leader Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani. Liaises with the Taliban Supreme Council. Has travelled abroad. Liaises with and provides Taliban commanders in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, with money, weapons, communications equipment and supplies. Reportedly deceased as of 2013. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/4678368

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

Ahmed Jan Wazir is a key commander in the Haqqani Network, a Taliban-affiliated group of militants that operates from the Afghanistan/ Pakistan border region. Ahmed Jan Wazir acts as a deputy, advisor and spokesperson for Sirajuddin Haqqani, a senior leader of the Haqqani Network, and conducts meetings on behalf of the Haqqani Network. In late 2010, Ahmed Jan Wazir travelled with senior Haqqani Network members to the Gulf.

Ahmed Jan Wazir has represented the Haqqani Network at the Taliban's shura and has served as a conduit between the Haqqani Network and the Taliban in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. In 2008, Taliban and Al-Qaida militants appointed Ahmed Jan Wazir as a Taliban commander in Ghazni Province. He has provided other Taliban commanders in Ghazni Province with money and supplies, including weapons and communications equipment. During the Taliban regime, he was employed by the Ministry of Finance.