UN, DFAT add Qari Rahmat to Taliban sanctions

Today, Australian regulators added the following person to their Consolidated List after his designation by the UN's 1988 Committee:

TI.R.172.14. Name: 1: QARI 2: RAHMAT 3: na 4: na

Name (original script): تمحر یرا ق

Title: na Designation: na DOB: a) 1981 b) 1982 POB: Shadal (variant Shadaal) Bazaar,

Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan Good quality a.k.a.: Kari Rahmat Low

quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: na Passport no.: na National identification no.: na Address:

a) Kamkai Village, Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan b) Nangarhar Province,

Afghanistan Listed on: 21 Aug. 2014 Other information: A Taliban commander since at

least Feb. 2010. Collects taxes and bribes on behalf of the Taliban. Liaises with and provides

Taliban operatives in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, with information, guidance, housing

and weapons and has emplaced improvised explosive devices (IED) and conducted attacks

against International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan forces.

The following Narrative Summary accompanied the UN designation:

TI.R.172.14. QARI RAHMAT

Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 21 August 2014

Qari Rahmat was listed on 21 August 2014 pursuant to paragraph 2 of resolution 2160 (2014) for

“participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in

conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms

and related materiel to” as well as “recruiting for” and “otherwise supporting acts or activities of those

designated and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with the Taliban in

constituting a threat to the peace, stability and security of Afghanistan”.

Additional information:

Qari Rahmat has been a Taliban commander since at least February 2010. In early 2013, Rahmat served

as a Taliban commander in the Shadaal Bazaar area of Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.

Rahmat directed the activities of approximately 300 Taliban operatives in Achin District and provided

operational guidance and weapons to these operatives. In late 2012, Rahmat led an attack on Afghan

forces in Kot District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. As of mid-2012, Rahmat served under the Taliban

shadow district chief for Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. During this time, Rahmat was a

Taliban facilitator who emplaced improvised explosive devices and conducted attacks against

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan forces.

Rahmat also collects taxes and bribes on behalf of the Taliban. As of early 2013, Rahmat collected taxes

on behalf of the Taliban from drug traffickers based in the Shadaal Bazaar, Achin District, Nangarhar

Province. As of mid-2012, Rahmat was in charge of collecting taxes from narcotics traffickers for the

Taliban.

Rahmat provides intelligence information to the Taliban. As of early 2013, Rahmat provided his Taliban

superiors with information on the activities of Afghan government officials and Afghan security forces in

Achin District, Nangarhar Province. Rahmat gathered intelligence for the Taliban from Afghan

Government employees as of mid-2012 and also conducted investigations to expose ISAF and Afghan

Government informants for the benefit of the Taliban.

Rahmat has also provided lethal aid, housing, and guidance to Taliban fighters. As of late 2012, Rahmat

provided rocket-propelled grenades, PKM light machine guns, and AK-47 assault rifles to the Taliban.

Rahmat also sheltered Taliban fighters at his guest house and provided tactical guidance to Taliban

fighters during this period. As of late 2011, Rahmat had a guest house in Achin District where Taliban

members often stayed.