# 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, Division 24: Mohammad Yaqoub

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

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Head of Bakhtar Information Agency (BIA) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1966. Place of birth: (a) Shahjoi District, Zabul Province, Afghanistan (b) Janda District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Other information: (a) Member of Taliban Cultural Commission, (b) Directs a Taliban "front" and coordinates all military activities of Taliban forces in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan as of mid-2013, (c) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (d) Belongs to Kharoti (Taraki) tribe. Date of UN designation:23.2.2001.
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
As of 2009, Mohammad Yaqoub was a leading Taliban member in the Yousef Khel District of the Paktika Province.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/142/annex/division/I/division/A/division/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-142/annex/division-I/division-A/division-24
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