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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION 2011/698/CFSP
of 20 October 2011
implementing Decision 2011/486/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
(3) The
Annex
to
Decision
2011/486/CFSP
should
be
amended accordingly,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in
particular Article 31(2) thereof,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP of 1 August
Article 1
2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the
The persons listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added
situation in Afghanistan (
to the list set out in the Annex to Decision 2011/486/CFSP.

1 ), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas:
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
(1) On
1
August
2011,
the
Council
adopted
Decision
2011/486/CFSP.
(2) On
4
October
2011,
the
United
Nations
Security
Council Done at Luxembourg, 20 October 2011.
Committee, established pursuant to paragraph 30 of
Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011), approved the
For the Council
addition of three persons to the list of individuals,
groups, undertakings and entities subject to restrictive
The President
measures.
M. SAWICKI
( 1 ) OJ L 199, 2.8.2011, p. 57.

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ANNEX
LIST OF PERSONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1
(1) Faizullah Noorzai Akhtar Mohammed Mira Khan (alias: (a) Hajji Faizullah Khan Noorzai, (b) Haji Faizuulah Khan
Norezai, (c) Haji Faizullah Khan, (d) Haji Fiazullah Khan, (e) Haji Faizullah Khan Noori, (f) Haji Faizullah Noor, (g) Haji
Pazullah Noorzai, (h) Haji Mullah Faizullah).
Title: Haji. Address: Boghra Road, Miralzei Village, Chaman, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan.
Date of birth: (a) 1962, (b) 1961, (c) between 1968 and 1970.
Place of birth: (a) Lowy Kariz, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, (b) Kadanay, Spin Boldak District
Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Nationality: Afghan.
Other information: (a) Prominent Taliban financier. (b) As of mid-2009, supplied weapons, ammunition, explosives
and medical equipment to Taliban fighters; raised funds for the Taliban, and provided training to them, in the
Afghanistan/Pakistan border region. (c) Has previously organized and funded Taliban operations in Kandahar
Province, Afghanistan. (d) As of 2010, travelled to and owned businesses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and
Japan. (e) Belongs to Nurzai tribe, Miralzai sub-tribe. (f) Brother of Malik Noorzai. (g) Father's name is Akhtar
Mohammed (alias: Haji Mira Khan).
Date of UN designation: 04.10.2011.
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Faizullah Noorzai Akhtar Mohammed Mira Khan has served as a prominent Taliban financier with whom senior
Taliban leaders invested funds. He has collected over USD 100 000 for the Taliban from donors in the Gulf and in
2009 gave a portion of his own money. He also financially supported a Taliban commander in Kandahar Province
and has provided funding to assist with training Taliban and Al-Qaida fighters who were to conduct attacks against
Coalition and Afghan military forces. As of mid-2005, Faizullah organized and funded Taliban operations in
Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. In addition to his financial support, Faizullah has otherwise facilitated Taliban
training and operations. As of mid-2009, Faizullah supplied weapons, ammunition, explosives, and medical
equipment to Taliban fighters from southern Afghanistan. In mid-2008, Faizullah was responsible for housing
Taliban suicide bombers and moving them from Pakistan into Afghanistan. Faizullah has also provided anti-
aircraft missiles to the Taliban, helped move Taliban fighters around Helmand Province, Afghanistan, facilitated
Taliban suicide bombing operations and given radios and vehicles to Taliban members in Pakistan.
As of mid-2009, Faizullah operated a madrassa (religious school) in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border region, where
tens of thousands of dollars were raised for the Taliban. Faizullah's madrassa grounds were used to provide training to
Taliban fighters in the construction and use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). As of late 2007, Faizullah's
madrassa was used to train Al-Qaida fighters who were later sent to Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
In 2010, Faizullah maintained offices and possibly owned properties, including hotels, in Dubai, the United Arab
Emirates. Faizullah regularly travelled to Dubai and Japan with his brother, Malik Noorzai (TI.N.154.11), to import
cars, auto parts and clothing. As of early 2006, Faizullah owned businesses in Dubai and Japan.
(2) Malik Noorzai (alias: (a) Hajji Malik Noorzai, (b) Hajji Malak Noorzai, (c) Haji Malek Noorzai, (d) Haji Maluk, (e) Haji
Aminullah).
Title: Haji. Date of Birth: (a) 1957, (b) 1960.
Nationality: Afghan.
Other information: (a) Taliban financier. (b) Owns businesses in Japan and frequently travels to Dubai, United Arab
Emirates, and Japan. (c) As of 2009, facilitated Taliban activities, including through recruitment and the provision of
logistical support. (d) Believed to be in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area. (e) Belongs to Nurzai tribe. (f) Brother of
Faizullah Noorzai Akhtar Mohammed Mira Khan.
Date of UN designation: 04.10.2011.
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Malik Noorzai is a Pakistan-based businessman who has provided financial support to the Taliban. Malik and his
brother, Faizullah Noorzai Akhtar Mohammed Mira Khan (TI.M.153.11), have invested millions of dollars in various
businesses for the Taliban. In late 2008, Taliban representatives approached Malik as a businessman with whom to
invest Taliban funds. Since at least 2005, Malik has also personally contributed tens of thousands of dollars and
distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Taliban, some of which was collected from donors in the Gulf
region and Pakistan and some of which was Malik's own money. Malik also handled a hawala account in Pakistan that
received tens of thousands of dollars transferred from the Gulf every few months to support Taliban activities. Malik
has also facilitated Taliban activities. As of 2009, Malik had served for 16 years as the chief caretaker of a madrassa
(religious school), in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border region, that was used by the Taliban to indoctrinate and train
recruits. Among other things, Malik delivered the funds that supported the madrassa. Malik, along with his brother,
has also played a role in storing vehicles to be used in Taliban suicide bombing operations and has helped

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move Taliban fighters around Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Malik owns businesses in Japan and frequently visits
Dubai and Japan for business. As early as 2005, Malik owned a vehicle import business in Afghanistan that imported
vehicles from Dubai and Japan. He has imported cars, auto parts and clothing from Dubai and Japan for his
businesses, in which two Taliban commanders have invested. In mid-2010, Malik and his brother secured the
release of hundreds of cargo containers, reportedly worth millions of dollars, which Pakistani authorities seized
earlier that year because they believed the recipients had a connection to terrorism.
(3) Abdul Aziz Abbasin (alias: Abdul Aziz Mahsud).
Date of Birth: 1969.
Place of Birth: Sheykhan Village, Pirkowti Area, Orgun District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan.
Other information: Key commander in the Haqqani Network under Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani (TI.H.144.07.).
Taliban Shadow Governor of Orgun District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan as of early 2010. Operated a training
camp for non-Afghan fighters in Paktika Province. Has been involved in the transport of weapons to Afghanistan.
Date of UN designation: 04.10.2011.
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Abdul Aziz Abbasin is a key commander in the Haqqani Network, a Taliban-affiliated group of militants that operates
from Eastern Afghanistan and North Waziristan Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. As of
early 2010, Abbasin received orders from Sirajuddin Haqqani (TI.H.144.07) and was appointed by him to serve as the
Taliban shadow governor of Orgun District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. Abbasin commands a group of Taliban
fighters and has assisted in running a training camp for foreign fighters based in Paktika Province. Abbasin has also
been involved in ambushing vehicles supplying Afghan government forces and in the transport of weapons to
Afghanistan.

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