Name Gul Ishakzai | ||
Gul Agha Ishakzai (born approximately 1972, Band-e-Temur, Maiwand District, Kandahar Province) is a person who is a known previous or current member of the organization, listed as a terrorist group, known as the Taliban. Ishakzai belongs to Ishaqzai tribe.
He has aliases, which are Mullah Gul Agha, Mullah Gul Agha Akhund, Hidayatullah, Haji Hidayatullah, Hayadatullah.
His role within the Taliban organization is to collect taxes (zakat) from Baluchistan Province, Pakistan, h e has also collected money for suicide attacks in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and has been involved in the disbursement of funds to Taliban fighters and their families. He was listed for sanctioning within the contents of a document drafted during the 7th of June 2010, via the United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee. (Date of UN designation:20.7.2010.) The U.S. Department of Treasury recognized Ishakzai as:
supporting acts of terrorism and ... acting ... on behalf of the Taliban and the Haqqani network
in a document dated to the 22nd of July 2010.
During 2010, Ishakzai was in receipt of four million dollars, donated from individuals located or based within the Gulf area, entrusted to him by Torek Agha.
Was made Head of Talibans' Financial Commission during mid-2013, and was for a time an associate of Mullah Mohammed Omar; he served as Omar's principal finance officer and one of his closest advisors. He is also to have associated with Mullah Mad Aman Noorzai.
A childhood friend of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, At one time, no one was allowed to meet Mullah Omar unless approved by him. He lived in the presidential palace with Omar during the Taliban regime. During December 2005, Gul Agha Ishakzai facilitated the movement of people and goods to Taliban training camps; during the latter parts of 2006 he apparently travelled to some place abroad in order to obtain parts of weapons.
A Security Council report stated; during January 2015 Ishakzai, together with other members of the Quetta Shura, were looking to end the Talibani conflict with the Afghan government via negotiation. Ishakzai was stated to be, at the time of the report, heading the financial commission of the Taliban.