Division (106) Ahmad Taha Khalid Abdul Qadir.

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Governor of Paktia Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1963. Place of birth: (a) Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, (b) Khost Province, Afghanistan, (c) Siddiq Khel village, Naka District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Other information: Taliban member responsible for Nangarhar Province as at 2011. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Zadran tribe. Close associate of Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani. Review pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 1 Jun. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/1427521

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

Taha also served under the Taliban regime as Governor of the Kunar Province at the end of 2001. He was responsible for Wardak Province for the Taliban as at September 2009. He was the Taliban member responsible for Nangarhar Province as at 2011. He is a close associate of Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani.