Standard Chartered Bank sued over alleged support to company linked to Taliban explosives

The families of British soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan are suing Standard Chartered Bank, alleging that the bank provided financial services to a Pakistani company which allegedly supplied the Taliban with bomb-making materials.

According to the Daily Mail, the families’ lawsuit alleges that Standard Chartered provided foreign exchange and export finance services to Fatima Group, a Pakistani company that produces ammonium nitrate, a key component of IEDs.