The Human Rights Activists’ Alliance has welcomed the UN Security Council’s update of the sanctions list for 22 senior Taliban members, calling it an important step.
The alliance said in a statement on Monday, March 16, that the update shows the Taliban continue to pose a threat as a terrorist group.
Among those listed are several key figures in the Taliban’s leadership, including Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the Prime Minister; Abdul Ghani Baradar, his deputy for economic affairs; Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Foreign Minister; Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Interior Minister; and other senior officials.
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom has also updated its Taliban sanctions list in alignment with the UN Security Council.
The statement read: “The continuation of sanctions and the updating of these lists reflect the fact that the Taliban continue to engage in activities that threaten peace, broadly suppress human rights, exclude women from society, and provide a platform for extremist groups, making the Taliban one of the region’s recognized terrorist organizations. The Taliban have both Afghan and Pakistani branches.”
The UN Security Council’s Sanctions Committee updated the list of Taliban officials under sanctions on March 10, 2026.
According to the list, many Taliban ministers and senior officials are subject to UN Security Council sanctions.
The UN Security Council, on February 12, extended the mandate of the sanctions monitoring team against the Taliban for one more year.
