Division 12 Najibullah Haqqani Hidayatullah (alias Najibullah Haqani)

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: (a) Deputy Minister of Finance under the Taliban regime. (b) Taliban member responsible for Laghman Province as of late 2010. Date of birth: 1971. Place of birth: Moni village, Shigal District, Kunar Province. Nationality: Afghan. National identification no.: Afghan national identification card (tazkira) number 545167, issued in 1974. Other information: (a) Cousin of Moulavi Noor Jalal. (b) Grandfather's name is Salam. (c) Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:

• Najibullah Haqqani Hydayatullah also served as Deputy Minister of Finance of the Taliban regime. This designation was added to the List on 18 July 2007. On 27 September 2007, the listing of this name was updated to remove the original designation of ‘Deputy Minister of Public Works of the Taliban regime’.

• Najibullah Haqqani Hydayatullah was a member of the Taliban Council in the Kunar Province, Afghanistan, as at May 2007. He is a cousin of Noor Jalal.

• As at June 2008, the Taliban leadership appointed him the person responsible for military activity in the Kunar Province

• Najibullah Haqqani Hidayatullah was a Taliban member responsible for Laghman Province as of late 2010.