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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-142/annex/division-I/division-A/division-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-142/annex/division-I/division-A/division-23.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2014/142",
  "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Decision 2014/142/CFSP of 14 March 2014 implementing Decision 2011/486/CFSP 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-2014-142",
  "path": "annex/division/I/division/A/division/23",
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  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Abdulhai Motmaen",
  "text": "Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: (a) Director of the Information and Culture Department in Kandahar Province under the Taliban regime, (b) Spokesperson of the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1973. Place of birth: (a) Shinkalai village, Nad-e-Ali District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan; (b) Zabul Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Family is originally from Zabul, but settled later in Helmand, (b) Member of the Taliban Supreme Council and spokesperson for Mullah Mohammed Omar as of 2007, (c) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (d) Belongs to Kharoti tribe. Date of UN designation:23.2.2001.\nAdditional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:\nAbdulhai Motmaen was the senior spokesman for the Taliban and used to deliver Taliban foreign policy statements. He was also a close associate of Mohammed Omar.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/142/annex/division/I/division/A/division/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:50.913028+00:00"
  },
  "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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