# 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 8: Abdul Manan Nyazi (alias (a) Abdul Manan Nayazi, (b) Abdul Manan Niazi, (c) Baryaly, (d) Baryalai)

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

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. Other information: (a) Taliban member responsible for Herat, Farah and Nimroz provinces as at mid-2013, (b) Member of the Taliban Supreme Council and Quetta Shura, (c) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area, (d) Belongs to Achekzai tribe, (e) Involved in transporting suicide bombers to Afghanistan. Date of UN designation:25.1.2001.
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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/142/annex/division/I/division/A/division/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-142/annex/division-I/division-A/division-8
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