# Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP of 1 August 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan, Division (125): Abdul Rauf Zakir ( alias Qari Zakir).

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Title : Qari Date of birth : Between 1969 and 1971. Place of Birth : Kabul Province, Afghanistan Nationality : Afghan. Date of UN designation : 5.11.2012 .
Other information : Chief of suicide operations for the Haqqani Network under Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani and in charge of all operations in Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz and Baghlan provinces. Oversees training of suicide attackers and provides instructions on how to construct improvised explosives devices (IEDs). INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5039797
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Abdul Rauf Zakir is the chief of suicide operations for the Haqqani Network and the commander in charge of all operations in Kabul, Takhar, Kunduz and Baghlan provinces, Afghanistan. Zakir approached the Haqqani Network leader Sirajuddin Haqqani in approximately 2008, requesting financial assistance in exchange for expanding Haqqani Network influence and operations into northern Afghanistan, and has become a trusted associate and confidant of Sirajuddin.
As the chief of suicide operations, Zakir is responsible for training recruits. Under his programme, recruits are trained in basic small arms, heavy weapons, and basic improvised explosive device (IED) construction.
Zakir has been involved in many of the Haqqani Network's high-profile suicide attacks and is partially responsible for making some of the final determinations on whether or not to proceed with large-scale attacks planned by local, district-level commanders. Attacks using personnel selected from Zakir's training programme include the June 2011 attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, which killed 11 civilians and two Afghan policemen, and the September 2011 attack on the United States Embassy in Kabul, which killed 16 Afghans, including at least six children.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/486/annex/division/A/division/125 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-486/annex/division-A/division-125
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