Division (4) Abdul Manan Mohammad Ishak.F1

Title: Maulavi. Grounds for listing : (a) First Secretary, Taliban Embassy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (b) Commercial Attaché, Taliban Embassy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Date of birth : Between 1940 and 1941. Place of Birth : Siyachoy village, Panjwai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality : Afghan. Date of UN designation : 25.1.2001.

Other information : Review pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 27 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/4652765

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

Abdul Manan Mohammad Ishak was also First Secretary at the Taliban Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during the Taliban regime. He later became a senior Taliban commander in Paktia, Paktika and Khost Provinces of eastern Afghanistan. He was also responsible for the movement of Taliban fighters and weapons across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.