United Arab Emirates

A court convicted five Emiratis and an Afghan of funneling money to the Taliban in Afghanistan. The six men received sentences of three to four years in jail. The men claimed they were coerced into signing confessions.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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