Kuwait defends minister after US charge of funding jihadists

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https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9sw8bH32K9KWpGk6Be552w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/2a3cbd20d62f665b690496d9b6bca5858d99ab0f.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/kuwait-defends-minister-us-charge-funding-jihadists-105421276.html)Kuwait's government has criticised a senior US official for having accused a minister of the Gulf state of funding jihadist fighters in Syria, local media reported on Tuesday. "The cabinet followed with great attention and displeasure accusations by a US official ... against the justice and Awqaf (Islamic endowments) minister," Nayef al-Ajmi, it said in a statement. David Cohen, the US Treasury under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said Ajmi's appointment to the Kuwaiti cabinet was "a step in the wrong direction." "Ajmi has a history of promoting jihad in Syria," he said. Parts of the lecture were carried in the media in oil-rich Kuwait, a close ally of the United States.




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