Division (57) Abdul Rauf Khadem ( alias Mullah Abdul Rauf Aliza).F1

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: Commander of Central Corp under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: (a) Between 1958 and 1963, (b) Approximately 1970. Place of birth: (a) Azan village, Kajaki District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (b) Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of UN designation: 23.2.2001.

Other information: Member of the Taliban Quetta Shura as at 2009. Taliban member responsible for Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, as at 2011. 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/4665146

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

The Central Corps came under the Ministry of Defence of the Taliban regime.

Abdul Rauf Khadem was the Taliban member responsible for Logar Province as at 2009. Abdul Rauf Khadem has been the overall military commander of several provinces in Afghanistan. Abdul Rauf Khadem was a member of a regional Taliban Council as at 2009. He was the Taliban member responsible for Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, as at 2011.