Division (20) Mohammad Eshaq Akhunzada (alias Mohammad Ishaq Akhund).

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing: Governor of Laghman Province (Afghanistan) under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Between 1963 and 1968. Place of birth: Andar District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of UN designation:23.2.2001.

Other information: Taliban commander for Ghazni Province as at 2008. Belongs to Andar tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 23 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/4665076

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

In 2008, Mohammad Eshaq Akhunzada was the Taliban provincial commander for Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, and he remained active in the province as at 2011.