US RESIDENTS ARRESTED FOR AIDING ARMED GROUPS IN AFGHANISTAN
New York, 7 Dhul Hijja 1434/11 October 2013 (MINA) – According to reports, two US residents from New York have been arrested by police on charges of conspiring to send aid to armed groups in Afghanistan.
The two residents were recognized as Humayoun Ghoulan Nabi, 27, and Ismail Alsarabbi, 32, and have been charged with conspiring to solicit aid in support of the Taliban and al Qaeda group in Afghanistan, Khaama Press quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) as reporting, Friday.
Nabi, a Pakistani national, and Alsarabbi, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Kuwait, allegedly planned to supply warm winter clothing and electronics to fighters in the region to ensure their attacks can continue during harsh Afghan winters.
Queens District Attorney Richard. A. Brown quoted by CNN said winter jackets and electronics were “as serious as supplying the enemy with bullets and bombs.”
“These defendants, as a result, were not merely conspiring to supply clothing items to people in Afghanistan, they were conspiring to make the enemy more effective in engaging and killing American soldiers,” said Brown.
New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly following a statement said, “The arrests of these two New York City residents, Nabi and Alsarabbi, demonstrate the spectrum of terrorism threats that the New York City Police Department must continue to guard against.”
Nabi reportedly had confessed regarding his involvement in the conspiracy and admitted to engaging in a plan to provide outerwear and jackets to fighters in Afghanistan.
He said the main reason behind his involvement in the conspiracy was because he hates the United States, Jewish people and U.S. soldiers.
This comes as two other US citizens were sentenced to 25 years in jail after he was found guilty of conspiring to sell missiles, rifles and other weapons to the Taliban group in Afghanistan.
The two US citizens included 38-year-old Pouryan and his co-conspirator Oded Orbach who were accused of holding talks with a Taliban group representative in fall 2010. (T/P09/P04).
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
