KABUL – An International Non Governmental Organisation has caught runningdeadly ISIS network, startling facts over support from countries andfunding.
Afghanistan“Nejaat Social Welfare Organization” has been sanctioned forusing “false charitable pretenses” while transferring funds and supportingactivities of Daesh in Afghanistan, the US Treasury said in a statementreleased on Monday.
The US treasury report said that the Nejaat Social Welfare Organization has“materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, ortechnological support for, or goods or services to or in support of,ISIS-K( Khorasan).”
In mid-2016, the report claimed, “an ISIS-K facilitator managed anon-governmental organization called Nejaat,” and an “ISIS-K recruiterworked at Nejaat and recruited ISIS-K fighters in Kabul and arranged fortheir travel to Nangarhar Province, TOLO News has reported.
Also according to the report, in late 2016 “Afghan leaders of ISIS-K heldplanning meetings under the cover of a Salafi solidarity meeting sponsoredby Nejaat” and “executive members of Nejaat and prominent Salafi leaders inAfghanistan led the meeting, some of whom were financial supporters ofNejaat.”
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The report named “Rohullah Wakil” as one of the “executive members ofNejaat who co-led the meeting.”
The US Treasury described the organization’s raising and distribution offunds for Daesh.
“Nejaat collected donations on behalf of ISIS-K from individuals in Qatar,the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, and other Middle Eastern countries. Moneywas then transferred from the Gulf to Asia—via the banking system—where anISIS-K coordinator would collect the transferred funds. Nejaat’s offices inKabul and Jalalabad distributed the funds to ISIS-K commanders.”
