Al Wafa is an
Islam
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ic charity listed in
Executive Order 13224
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as an entity that supports
terrorism
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.
United States
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intelligence
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officials state that it was founded in
Afghanistan
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by
Adil Zamil Abdull Mohssin Al Zamil,
Abdul Aziz al-Matrafi
A total of 133 Saudi citizens have been held in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps at its naval base in Cuba since January 2002. Most had been swept up in Afghanistan following the US invasion in the fall of 2001, and they were clas ...
and
Samar Khand.
Affiliated groups include
The Taliban
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and
Al Qaeda
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.
According to
Saad Madai Saad al-Azmi's
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
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Al Wafa is located in the
Wazir Akhbar Khan
Wazir Akbar Khan () is a neighbourhood in northern Kabul, Afghanistan, forming part of District 10. It is named after the 19th century Afghan Emir Wazir Akbar Khan. It is one of the wealthiest parts of Kabul. Many foreign embassies were located the ...
area of
Afghanistan.
Al Wafa al Igatha al Islamia, also known with other names like as Wafa Humanitarian Organization, Al Wafa, Al Wafa Organization is an active group.
Individuals alleged to have affiliation with Al Wafa
See also
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List of charities accused of ties to terrorism
This is a list of charities accused of ties to terrorism. A number of charities have been accused or convicted in court of using their revenues to fund terrorism or revolutionary movements, rather than for the humanitarian purposes for which cont ...
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Wafa al Bass
References
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Islamic charities
Organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist