UKSL Sanctions designation

WAFA HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION

Entity · designated 6 October 2001

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
AQD0084
OFSI group ID
6972
UN reference number
QDe.015
Designation type
Entity
Date designated
6 October 2001
Last updated
20 August 2026

Regimes

  • Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UN

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Arms embargo

Other information

  • Headquarters was in Kandahar, Afghanistan as at 2001. Wafa was a component of Al-Qaida (QDe.004) in 2001. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities.

Addresses

  • Country: United Arab Emirates
  • Country: Kuwait
  • Country: Afghanistan
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