DOVER, DE - APRIL 08: U.S. Army soldiers carry the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Staff Sgt., Christopher M. Ward during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, on April 8, 2013 in Dover, Delaware. Ward, who was from Oak Ridge, Tenn., was killed while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
  • New York-based Standard Chartered Bank is being accused of financing Al Qaeda’s bomb-making operations in Afghanistan, according to a lawsuit filed by families of two U.S. military members killed by the terror group.
  • The families of Wilbel Robles-Santa and Christopher Ward, both killed by improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan in 2013, filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court.
  • The families allege that the bank provided financial services to the Fatima Group in Pakistan despite knowing it was supplying Al Qaeda with calcium ammonium nitrate, a primary component in IEDs.
  • U.S. government officials had warned Standard Chartered Bank in 2013 to stop aiding terrorist attacks, but the bank’s response was deemed “utterly useless” according to court papers.
  • The lawsuit claims that Standard Chartered Bank knowingly sacrificed American lives for its own profits, citing violations of the Anti-Terrorism Act. 
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