In accordance with paragraph 20 of resolution 2160 (2014), the 1988 Sanctions Committee makes accessible a narrative summary of reasons for the listing for individuals, groups, undertakings and entities included in the 1988 Sanctions List.
Sayyed Mohammed Haqqani was listed on 31 January 2001 as the Director of Administrative Affairs of the Taliban regime so falling within the provisions of resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000) of the United Nations Security Council regarding acts and activities of the Taliban authorities.
Sayyed Mohammed Haqqani has been a long-standing supporter of Mullah Mohammed Omar (TAi.004). As Director of Administrative Affairs of the Taliban regime, he distributed Afghan identity cards to Al-Qaida-related foreigners who fought in Afghanistan and collected a significant amount of funds from them.
Sayyed Mohammed Haqqani met several times with Aiman Muhammed Rabi al-Zawahiri (QDi.006 on the Al-Qaida Sanctions List) and Farhad, Mohammed Omar’s secretary, in 2003 and 2004. He opened a bookstore in Qissa Khwani’s bazaar, Peshawar, Pakistan, which has been implicated in the financing of the Taliban. He was still an active Taliban insurgency leader as at March 2009. He was a member of the Taliban Supreme Council as at June 2010.