KABUL – Top Taliban Commanders including Mullah Baradar, Anas Haqqani havebeen removed from UN sanctions list, sources have have revealed.
United Nations has “temporarily” removed sanctions on Taliban’s seniormembers who have held negotiations with US officials in Qatar.
According to the sources, all the 14 members of Taliban’s political officein Qatar, including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of Qatar office anddeputy leader of the group, have been removed from the UN blacklist fornine months.
Anas Haqqani, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Amir Khan Muttaqi, Qari DinMohammad, Zahidullah Ahmadzai and Mawlawi Ziaurrahman Madani are also amongthose who have been removed from the UN blacklist, the sources said.
“This issue (removing names from UN blacklist) was discussed in the firstmeeting as well, but the Americans were making the excuse that for removingthe names, the agreement of the Afghan government is needed.
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But this time, it is clear that the Americans have made the move, aftertheir 16-day meeting (in Qatar), to reach an agreement,” said NazarMohammad Mutmaen, a political analyst familiar with Qatar talks.
The Afghan government and the UN have not commented on the report.
