From government.se, some background on the EU's Taliban/Afghanistan sanctions program:
UN sanctions against the Taliban in Afghanistan have been in place since 1999 as part of a sanctions regime targeted at terrorist acts which has also included sanctions against Usama bin Laden and followers of Al-Qaida (see also Sanctions against international terrorism, Resolution 1267).
In summer 2011, Resolution 1988 of the UN Security Council removed the sanctions against the Taliban from the consolidated list and established a separate sanctions regime relating to the Taliban and Afghanistan. This was due to the continued poor security situation in Afghanistan and because some of the Taliban had cut off contacts with Al-Qaida. The types of sanctions remain the same, however. In dividing up the sanctions regime, the UN quite simply transferred the Taliban-linked parts of the list of those subject to the sanctions to the new Afghanistan sanctions. The EU continuously implements these UN-approved sanctions and their amendments, including the division in 2011 and subsequent updates.
and what the sanctions entail:
Freezing of assets
The assets of people and entities subject to sanctions (listed in the annex to the decisions, see below under Relevant EU documents) are frozen. It is also prohibited to make funds and economic resources available to them. Some exemptions, on humanitarian grounds for example, may be granted by those agencies in the EU countries that have been appointed to handle such requests, after consent has been given by the Sanctions Committee.
Travel restrictions
Travel restrictions in the form of prohibition of entry and transit apply to people subject to the sanctions (see aforementioned annex). Some exceptions exist.
Arms embargo
It is prohibited to directly or indirectly supply arms and other military materiel or paramilitary equipment to people and entities subject to sanctions (see aforementioned annex) and to provide technical assistance or training related to such materiel.
and the underpinning in EU regulation:
EU sanctions against the Taliban are currently regulated in Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP and in the parts of Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011 pertaining to EU law. The persons covered by the sanctions are now included in a revised list in the annex to Council Implementing Decision 2012/167/CFSP and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 263/2012. Following a UN decision, certain updates, additions and deletions have subsequently been made through Council Implementing Decisions 2012/393/CFSP, 2012/454/CFSP, 2012/745/CFSP, 2012/809/CFSP and 2013/73/CFSP, and Council Implementing Regulations (EU) No 643/2012, No 705/2012, No 1139/2012, No 1244/2012 and No 86/2013.
The Swedish site has similar sections for all the sanctions programs. They're so well-organized and written, I'll be publishing posts for each program – it's a lot easier than trying to traverse the EU/EC pages for this info.
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