25 October 2005

This news release is issued in respect of the financial measures taken against Al-Qa’ida and the Taliban.

The Bank of England, as agent for Her Majesty’s Treasury, issues this news release to advise that on 24 October 2005 the United Nations Sanctions Committee removed the name of one individual from the UN Consolidated List maintained under Resolution 1390 (2002). The individual, therefore, no longer falls within the UK financial sanctions regime under the Al-Qa'ida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/111, as amended by S.I. 2002/251).

The details which appeared on the UN Consolidated List are as follows:

SAFI, Rahmatullah
Title: General
DOB: (1) --/--/1948 (2) 21/03/1913
POB: Tagaab district, Kapisa province, Afghanistan
Nationality: Afghan
Position: Taliban representative in Europe

Since the individual is no longer a target of the financial sanctions regime against Al-Qa’ida and the Taliban, the individual has been removed from the consolidated list on the Bank of England’s website.

Previous Notices and news releases related to Terrorism, Al-Qa'ida and the Taliban and a consolidated list of individuals and entities subject to these and other UK financial sanctions regimes are available from the Financial Sanctions pages of the Bank of England’s website.

Note to Editors

The Bank's Notice dated 23 February 2001 advised that Rahmatullah Safi had been added to the UN Consolidated List.