Division (73) Amir Khan Motaqi ( alias Amir Khan Muttaqi).F1

Title: Mullah. Grounds for listing: (a) Minister of Education under the Taliban regime, (b) Taliban representative in UN-led talks under the Taliban regime. Date of birth: Approximately 1968. Place of birth: (a) Zurmat District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, (b) Shin Kalai village, Nad-e-Ali District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan. Date of UN designation: 25.1.2001.

Other information: Member of the Taliban Supreme Council as at June 2007. Believed to be in Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. Belongs to Sulaimankhel tribe. Review pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jul. 2010. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/1427382

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

Amir Khan Motaqi also served as a Taliban representative in United Nations-led talks during the Taliban regime.

Amir Khan Motaqi is considered to be a prominent member of the Taliban and also served as Minister of Information and Culture during the Taliban regime. Amir Khan Motaqi was a member of a regional Taliban Council as at June 2007. He was a member of the Taliban Supreme Council as at June 2007.