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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-486/annex/division-A/division-127",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/486",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-486",
  "path": "annex/division/A/division/127",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(127)",
  "heading": "Ahmed Shah Noorzai Obaidullah ( alias : (a) Mullah Ahmed Shah Noorzai, (b) Haji Ahmad Shah, (c) Haji Mullah Ahmad Shah, (d) Maulawi Ahmed Shah, (e) Mullah Mohammed Shah).",
  "text": "Title : (a) Mullah, (b) Maulavi. Grounds for listing : Provided financial services to Ghul Agha Ishakzai and other Taliban in Helmand Province. Date of birth : (a) 1 January 1985 , (b) 1981. Place of birth : Quetta, Pakistan. Passport No : Pakistani passport number NC5140251 issued on 23 October 2009 expires on 22 October 2014 , officially cancelled as of 2013. National identification No : Pakistani national identity card number 54401-2288025-9, officially cancelled as of 2013. Address : Quetta, Pakistan. Date of UN Designation : 26.2.2013 .\nOther information: Owns and operates the Roshan Money Exchange. Provided financial services to Ghul Agha Ishakzai and other Taliban in Helmand Province. Alternative title is Maulavi. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/5278407\nAdditional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:\nAhmed Shah Noorzai Obaidullah owns and operates the Roshan Money Exchange, which provides financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of, the Taliban. Roshan Money Exchange stores and transfers funds in support of Taliban military operations and the Taliban's role in the Afghan narcotics trade. As of 2011, Roshan Money Exchange was one of the primary money service providers (or ‘ hawalas ’ ) used by Taliban officials in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.\nAhmed Shah has provided hawala services to Taliban leaders in Helmand Province for a number of years and, as of 2011, was a trusted Taliban money service provider. In early 2012, the Taliban ordered Ahmed Shah to transfer money to a number of hawalas in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, from which a senior Taliban commander would then allocate the funds.\nIn late 2011, Ahmed Shah consolidated hundreds of thousands of US dollars to pass to the Taliban Finance Commission and transferred hundreds of thousands of US dollars for the Taliban, including to senior Taliban commanders. Also in late 2011, Ahmed Shah received through his hawala branch in Quetta, Pakistan, a transfer on behalf of the Taliban, money from which was used to purchase fertilizer and IED components, including batteries and detonator cord. In mid-2011, Taliban finance commission head Gul Agha Ishakzai instructed Ahmed Shah to deposit several million US dollars into Roshan Money Exchange for the Taliban. Gul Agha explained that when a money transfer was required, he would inform Ahmed Shah of the Taliban recipient.\nAhmed Shah would then provide the required funds through his hawala system. As of mid-2010, Ahmed Shah moved money between Pakistan and Afghanistan for Taliban commanders and for narcotics traffickers. In addition to his facilitation activities, Ahmed Shah also donated large but unspecified sums of money to the Taliban in 2011.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2017/416 of 7 March 2017 implementing Decision 2011/486/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/486/annex/division/A/division/127",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:42.888920+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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