Name of Organization |
Haji Khairullah, Haji Sattar Money Exchange (HKHS) |
Formation |
No information is available about the initial formation
of this money exchange company. |
Leadership |
Owners of the Exchange: Haji Khairullah and Haji Sattar.
Haji Khairullah Barakzai or Haji Khair Muhammad
born in 1965 is originally from Afghanistan Helmand
province’ but acquired Pakistani passport and CNIC. He
was settled in Quetta city of Balochistan province of
Pakistan.
Barakzai used to sell candies from a hand cart on the
streets now a wealthy man’ is said to be involved in
opium/heroin business during Taliban days. He was
allegedly involved in transferring money to
Taliban
in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Haji Sattar Muhammad
the business partner of Haji Khairullah is basically
from Afghanistan but settled in the Quetta city of
Balochistan province of Pakistan.
Both these men are accused of sending money to Taliban
regime through
Hawala.
|
School of thought/ Classification |
N/A |
Status |
The HKHS Money Exchange has been
enlisted under the UNSCR in June 2012.
According to an official of the Interior Ministry, HKHS
Money Exchange has been added to the list of proscribed
outfits in 2015 after December 16, 2014 attacks on
Peshawar school. |
Ideology |
N/A |
Framework |
Haji Khairullah, Haji Sattar Money Exchange (HKHS) is
money transfer and exchange house. It uses informal
means for the sending and receiving of money. They have
brokers through which they send money from one place to
another. They do not fall under the legal framework of
banks. The total system of Hawala is based upon trust. |
Financial resources |
The Money Exchange was allegedly involved in illegal
trade of drug (heroin & opium), and the illegal transfer
of money from the drug trade.
|
Recruitment tools & demographics |
N/A |
Connections & linkages |
The Money Exchange had very strong
connections with Taliban regime and the local poppy
farmers. |
Areas of Operation |
Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Dubai. |
Tools |
N/A |
Name Variations |
HKHS was also famous with the names of its owners:
khiarullah hawaladar, Abdulsattar, Haji Karimullah, Haji
khair Muhammad, Haji Sattar money exchange. |
Who they are
Haji Khairullah, Haji Sattar Money Exchange (HKHS) is an
informal money transfer service called hawala. It is allegedly
involved in drug trade and is accused of having links with
Taliban regime, which the HKHS deny. According to US HKHS is
involved in narcotic business of Taliban and was serving as a
bank for them, the sending and receiving of money and the
salaries of Taliban militants were dispatched through it. It has
branches in Afghanistan, Iran, Dubai and Pakistan.
Branches of HKHS along with their addresses are mentioned below.
In Pakistan:
Location: Chohar Mir Road, Qandahari Bazaar, Quetta,
Balochistan Province, Pakistan
§
Alt. Location: Room #1, Abdul Sattar Plaza, Hafiz Saleem
Street, Munsafi Road, Quetta,
§
Balochistan, Pakistan
§
Alt. Location: Shop #3, Dr. Bano Road, Quetta, Pakistan
§
Alt. Location: Office #3, Near Fatima Jinnah Road, Dr. Bano
Road, Quetta, Pakistan
§
Alt. Location: Kachara Road, Naserullah Khan Chawk, Quetta,
Pakistan
§
Alt. Location: Wazir Mohammad Road, Quetta, Balochistan
Province, Pakistan
Location: Peshawar, Khyber Paktunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Location: Moishah Chowk Road, Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Location: Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Location: 2 Larran Road, Chaman, Balochistan Province, Pakistan
§
Alt. Location: Chaman Central Bazaar, Chaman, Balochistan
Province, Pakistan
In Afghanistan:
Location: Shah Zada Market, Shop Number 237, Kabul, Afghanistan
§
Alt. Location: Sarai Shahzada, 3rd Floor, Shop Number 257,
Kabul, Afghanistan.
§
Alt. Location: Sharai Shahzada Market, Kabul, Afghanistan
Location: Kandahar City Sarafi Market, 2nd Floor, Shop 21 and
22, Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
§
Alt. Location: New Sarafi Market, 2nd Floor, Kandahar City,
Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
§
Alt. Location: Safi Market, Kandahar City, Kandahar Province,
Afghanistan
Location: Gereshk City, Nahr-e Saraj District, Helmand
Province, Afghanistan
Location: Lashkar Gah Bazaar, Lashkar Gah, Lashkar Gah District,
Helmand Province, Afghanistan
§
Alt. Location: Haji Ghulam Nabi Market, 2nd Floor, Lashkar Gah
District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Location: Khorasan Market, 3rd Floor, Suite Number 196-197,
Herat, Afghanistan
§
Alt. Location: Shahre Naw, District 5, Khorasan Market, Herat,
Afghanistan
Location: Sarafi Market, Zaranj District, Nimroz Province,
Afghanistan
§
Alt. Location: Ansari Market, 2nd Floor, Nimroz, Afghanistan
Location: Sarafi Market, Wesh, Afghanistan
§
Alt. Location: Wesh, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province,
Afghanistan
Location: Sarafi Market, Farah, Afghanistan
In Dubai:
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
In
Iran
Location: Zahedan, Iran
Location: Zabul, Iran
History
In a
press release published on the 29th of June, 2012,
the U.S. Department of Treasury officially named two money
exchange organizations in accordance with the U.S. government’s
terrorism sanctions authority, Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 for
‘storing or moving money for the Taliban. One of these exchanges
was
Haji Khairullah, Haji Sattar Money Exchange (HKHS). As of 2008
HKHS received money from different businessmen and traders
community and dispatched them to Taliban. According to the
reports as of 2009, HKHS was still co-owned by Khairullah and
Sattar. Khairullah was the head of Kabul Branch. As of 2010
Khairullah was operating as hawaladar or money transferor and he
extended financial assistance to the senior leadership of
Taliban. He along with his partner Sattar finance different
activities of Taliban. During 2011 HKHS was a liable method for
money transfer by Taliban for their activities. In 2011 it was
used to send money to Taliban underground commander in Helmand
province of Afghanistan. Taliban commanders and personals would
easily collect funds for operation and daily use from HKHS
branches in Afghanistan.
HKHS was enlisted under the UNSCR in 2002
and has been banned by Pakistan in 2015 after the Peshawar
school attack in December 2014.
Organization’s Message
Not available
Target Audience
Not available
Tools
Not available.
Splinter Groups
Not available.
Annexure
Taliban
They were one of the militant groups composed of religious
leaders and their students from madrassas of Afghan civil War
after 1989, who established Islamic republic of Afghanistan in
1994 – 96 it, put an end to the lengthy civil war between
different factions of Afghanistan. Taliban are Led by Mullah
Omar. Afghan Taliban Promotes Islam as a moral, stable and
orderly alternative to civil war, ethnic divisions, and warring
tribal chiefs. They followed strict, literal, and conservative
interpretations of Islam and Sunni Islamic public standards,
including the implementation of hudud punishments. They are
influenced primarily by Wahhabi teachers and Pashtun tribal
traditions. The regime was only recognized by Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia and United Arab Emirates. The international community
especially human rights organizations were very critical of the
laws and the governance system in Afghanistan. The same Afghan
Taliban provided the safe havens to Al-Qaeda and its chief Osama
bin Laden to run training camps for international terrorism.
Hawala
Hawala is an alternative or parallel system of payment. It
exists and operates outside of, or parallel to traditional
banking or financial channels.