Division (122) Bakht Gul ( alias : (a) Bakhta Gul, (b) Bakht Gul Bahar, (c) Shuqib).F1

Date of Birth : 1980. Place of Birth : Aki Village, Zadran District, Paktiya Province, Afghanistan. Nationality : Afghan. Address : Miram Shah, North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. Date of UN designation : 27.6.2012 .

Other information : Communications assistant to Badruddin Haqqani (deceased). Also coordinates movement of Haqqani insurgents, foreign fighters and weapons in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Zadran tribe. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/4721045

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

Bakht Gul has been a key Haqqani Network communications official since at least 2009, when his predecessor was arrested in Afghanistan. As of 2011, Gul continued to report directly to Badruddin Haqqani (deceased), a senior Haqqani Network leader, and has acted as an intermediary for those wishing to contact him. Gul's responsibilities include relaying reports from commanders in Afghanistan to senior Haqqani Network officials, Taliban media officials, and legitimate media outlets in Afghanistan. Gul also works with Haqqani Network officials, including Badruddin Haqqani, to coordinate the movement of Haqqani Network insurgents, foreign fighters and weapons in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and eastern Afghanistan. As of 2010, Gul relayed operational orders from Badruddin Haqqani to fighters in Afghanistan. In late 2009, Gul distributed money to Haqqani Network sub-commanders travelling between Miram Shah and Afghanistan.