In the early 2000s, al-Kawari worked alongside two major Al Qaeda operatives:
Mustafa Hajji Muhammad Khan (a.k.a. Hassan Ghul) and Ibrahim ‘Isa Hajji Muhammad al-Bakr. and al-Bakr was designated in 2014 for providing financial, material, and technological support for the terror-group. Al-Kawari worked with Ghul and al-Bakr to transfer money to Al Qaeda in
Pakistan, around the same time al-Kawari also obtained a fraudulent passport for Ghul. ==World reactions==