An analysis by Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob
Schindler, the former coordinator of the U.N. Security Council’s ISIL, A


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Taliban Government Dominated By Officials On U.N. Security Council Sanctions
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(New York, N.Y.) – An analysis by Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior
Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, the former coordinator of the U.N. Security
Council’s ISIL, Al-Qaida and Taliban Monitoring Team, has determined that more
than half of the Taliban’s 33-member cabinet in Afghanistan are on the U.N.
Security Council's (UNSC) terrorism blacklist. Among the 19 designated members
of the interim government are Acting Prime MinisterMullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund
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serve as acting minister of the interior, a role in which he will have
extensive authority over policing and legal matters.

 

This finding counters the Taliban’s claims of a new moderate government that
will guarantee the rights and safety of its citizens and productively cooperate
within the international community. If recognized by the U.N., the Taliban
government could potentially receive hundreds of millions of dollars in aid
that could instead be allocated towards terrorist activities.

 

“The Taliban interim government is dominated by individuals that the U.N.
Security Council has designated and placed on its terrorism blacklist—a clear
indication that the Taliban’s government will not advocate for a more moderate
platform. These are not reformed leaders. The United Nations would be doing
itself a great disservice should it recognize a Taliban regime that has not
changed its behavior or positions since the 1990s,” said Schindler.

 

The interim cabinet also includes four of the five leaders known as the
“Taliban Five” who were once held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay. They
include Deputy Defense Minister Fazl Mohammad Mazloom
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Information and Culture MinisterKhairullah Khairkhwa
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Tribal Affairs MinisterMullah Nurullah Nuri
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Director MullahAbdul Haq Wassiq
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member of the group, Mohammad Nabi Omari, has been appointed as governor of
eastern Khost Province.

 

To read CEP’s resource Taliban, please click here
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To read CEP’s resource Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, please click here
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To read CEP’s resource on Sirajuddin Haqqani, please click here
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To read CEP’s resource on Fazl Mohammad Mazloom, please click here
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To read CEP’s resource on Khairullah Khairkhwa, please click here
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To read CEP’s resource Mullah Nurullah Nuri, please click here
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To read CEP’s resource Abdul Haq Wassiq, please click here
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