{"id":"F2025L01511","name":"Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Afghanistan) List 2025","slug":"autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-afghanistan-list-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443070,"registerId":"F2025L01511-fast-fetch-1775957977518","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Afghanistan) List 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-keywords: \"[SEC=OFFICIAL]\"\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n\n\n \n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Afghanistan) List 2025\n\nI, PENNY WONG, Minister for Foreign Affairs, make the following instrument.\n\nDated 5 December 2025\n\nPENNY WONG\n\nMinister for Foreign Affairs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name of Instrument\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Designated persons and entities and declared persons\n\nSchedule 1 \n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Afghanistan) List 2025\n\n \n\nPart 1 – Preliminary\n\n1 Name of Instrument\n\n This instrument is the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Afghanistan) List 2025.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under paragraphs 6(a) and 6(b) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011.\n\nPart 2 – Designation of persons and entities and declarations of persons\n\n4 Designated persons and entities and declared persons\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph 6(a) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, each person or entity mentioned in an item of a table in Schedule 1 is designated as a designated person or entity for Afghanistan.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph 6(b) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, each person mentioned in an item of a table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 is declared for the purpose of preventing the person from travelling to, entering or remaining in Australia.\n\n \n\nSchedule 1—Designated persons and entities and declared persons\n\n \n\nAutonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Afghanistan) List 2025\n\n \n\nPart 1 Designated and declared persons\n\nNote. See section 4.\n\n \n\n| Item | Description | |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Name of individual | Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Hanafi |\n| | Also known as | شیخ محمد خالد
Shaikh al-Hadith Mohammad Khalid Hanafi;
Mohammad Khalid Hanafi |\n| | Date of birth | 1970, 1971, 1972 |\n| | Place of birth | Kolam Shaheed, Doabi, District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan |\n| | Citizenship | Afghanistan |\n| | Instrument of first designation and declaration | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Afghanistan) List 2025 |\n| | Additional information | Title: ‘so-called Minister for the Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice’
Ethnicity: Pashai |\n| 2 | Name of individual | Neda Mohammad Nadeem |\n| | Also known as | نداء محمد ندیم |\n| | Date of birth | 1977 |\n| | Place of birth | Kandahar Province, Afghanistan |\n| | Citizenship | Afghanistan |\n| | Instrument of first designation and declaration | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Afghanistan) List 2025 |\n| | Additional information | Title: so-called Minister for Higher Education
Ethnicity: Pashtun/Hotak |\n| 3 | Name of individual | Shaikh-Al-Hadith Mawlawi Abdul-Hakim Sharei |\n| | Also known as | Abdul Hakim Sharei;
Abdul Hakim Sharae;
Abdul-Hakim Sharie;
Abdul Hakim Sharie;
Abdul-Hakim Shara’i;
Abdul Hakim Shara’i |\n| | Date of birth | 1961 |\n| | Place of birth | Ayub Khil village, Khust Province, Afghanistan |\n| | Citizenship | Afghanistan |\n| | Instrument of first designation and declaration | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Afghanistan) List 2025 |\n| | Additional information | Title: ‘so-called Minister of Justice’
Ethnicity: Pashtun/Lakan |\n| 4 | Name of individual | Abdul Hakim Haqqani |\n| | Also known as | عبدالحکیم حقاني;
Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai;
Mawlawi Sheikh Abdul Hakim Haqqani Ishaqzai;
Shaikhul Hadis Maulvi Abdul Hakim Haqqani |\n| | Date of birth | 1956, 1957, 1967 |\n| | Place of birth | Panjqayi, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan |\n| | Citizenship | Afghanistan |\n| | Instrument of first designation and declaration | Autonomous Sanctions (Designated Persons and Entities and Declared Persons – Afghanistan) List 2025 |\n| | Additional information | Title: ‘so-called Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan’
Ethnicity: Pashtun/Ishaqzai |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 – listing specific designated persons for targeted sanctions. It does not expand beyond the original legislative purpose of enabling autonomous sanctions against foreign persons and entities."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (4 sections plus schedule)","Only 4 defined entries in Schedule 1, all individuals (no entities)","Simple cross-reference structure: refers only to paragraphs 6(a) and 6(b) of the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011","No nested exceptions or conditional logic – straightforward designation and declaration","Minimal defined terms (relies on definitions in parent Regulations)","Tabular format for listed persons is clear and standard for sanctions instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"This is an Australian Foreign Minister sanctions list that designates four senior Taliban officials for autonomous sanctions and bans them from travelling to, entering, or remaining in Australia. The listed individuals are Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Hanafi, Neda Mohammad Nadeem, Shaikh‑Al‑Hadith Mawlawi Abdul‑Hakim Sharei, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani.\n\nThe measures freeze any assets in Australia, make it a criminal offence for Australians to provide assets or services to them, and signal Australia’s response to the Taliban’s severe restrictions on women’s rights and access to education."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument applies existing powers in the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 to specific named individuals; it does not expand or narrow the statutory sanctions regime itself but activates that regime against the listed persons (see s3 and s4)."},"complexity_factors":["Simple, single-purpose instrument: primarily a Schedule listing individuals (Schedule 1; s4)","Relies on external legal framework (Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011) for substantive effect (s3, s4)","Identification ambiguity: multiple aliases and alternative birth years for individuals may complicate enforcement and compliance","Administrative discretion concentrated in the Minister for Foreign Affairs (instrument made by Minister)","Standard commencement mechanics (commencement table) are straightforward but require attention to registration timing"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, lists four named Afghan individuals as \"designated persons or entities\" and declares them to prevent travelling to, entering or remaining in Australia (see s3, s4 and Schedule 1). \n\nMechanically, the listing brings those named within the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011 so they face the legal consequences of designation and a travel ban. The decision is taken by the Minister and directly targets the listed individuals rather than altering the sanctions framework itself."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-afghanistan-list-2025","history":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-afghanistan-list-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-afghanistan-list-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-afghanistan-list-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-afghanistan-list-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/autonomous-sanctions-designated-persons-and-entities-and-declared-persons-afghanistan-list-2025/documents"}}