Division (82) Abdul Manan Nyazi ( alias (a) Abdul Manan Nayazi, (b) Abdul Manan Niazi, (c) Baryaly, (d) Baryalai).F1
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Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: (a) Governor of Kabul Province under the Taliban regime, (b) Governor of Balk Province under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: approximately 1968. Place of birth: (a) Pashtoon Zarghoon District, Herat Province, Afghanistan, (b) Sardar village, Kohsan District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001 .
Other information: Taliban member responsible for Herat, Farah and Nimroz provinces as at mid-2013. Member of the Taliban Supreme Council and Quetta Shura. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Achekzai tribe. Involved in transporting suicide bombers to Afghanistan. Review pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010 . INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/1427440
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Abdul Manan Nyazi also served as a Taliban spokesperson and then as Provincial Governor of Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul provinces under the Taliban regime.
Abdul Manan Nyazi has been a senior Taliban commander in the west of Afghanistan, operating in the Farah, Herat and Nimroz provinces, since mid-2009.
Abdul Manan Nyazi was a member of a regional Taliban council and appointed as the Taliban governor of Herat Province as at May 2010.
Abdul Manan Nyazi is a Taliban commander involved in transporting suicide bombers to Afghanistan.