Division (30) Abdul Ghani Baradar Abdul Ahmad Turk ( alias (a) Mullah Baradar Akhund, (b) Abdul Ghani Baradar).F1
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Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: Deputy Minister of Defence under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: Yatimak village, Dehrawood District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001 .
Other information : Arrested in Feb. 2010 and in custody in Pakistan.
Extradition request to Afghanistan pending in Lahore High Court, Pakistan as of June 2011. Belongs to Popalzai tribe. Senior Taliban military commander and member of Taliban Quetta Council as of May 2007. Review pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 1 Jun. 2010 . INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/1427381
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Abdul Ghani Baradar was a senior Taliban military commander and member of the Taliban leadership as at February 2010.
As the Taliban Deputy Minister of Defence, he was considered to be one of Mohammed Omar's deputies and headed the Taliban military affairs section.
He was a key member of the Taliban network and organized Taliban operations against Afghan Government and International Security Assistance Force in close cooperation with the Taliban Minister of Defence, Ubaidullah Akhund.