OFAC FAQ (Current) # 930 - Taliban / Haqqani Network-related GLs (PDF contans all versions)

Date issued: Feb. 25 2022

You've hit a wall. Sign in if you have an account, learn more about TURBOFAC and subscription options, or purchase access to the text of the document on this page, the native .pdf file, and the associated TURBOFAC original commentary.

TURBOFAC Commentary (287 words)

Notes:

1) FAQ Amended on 2-25-2022 to add references to GTSR/FTOSR General License 20 and clarifying that it overlaps in scope with other Taliban-related GLs.

2) For further discussion of GL 15, refer to comments to GTSR/FTOSR General License 15. The FAQ does not provide much if anything in the way of "interpretive guidance" that is not otherwise discernible from the face of GL 14. The two exceptions are (i) the statement concerning the possibility of specific licenses for transactions not otherwise generally licensed, and (ii) the following statement:

"For purposes of clarity, transfers of funds to or from Afghanistan that are ordinarily incident and necessary to give effect to the activities authorized in GL 15, including clearing and settlement involving banks in Afghanistan, are authorized under GL 15."

That funds transfers are (unless otherwise...