He was arrested July 28, apparently over his support of the Zwan Family Charity in Afghanistan after advising the local government there, his brother said. Zwan Family Charity, registered as a public charity in Richmond, Texas, with the Internal Revenue Service, joined them relatively recently, in 2013. "We have a hard time getting someone to donate something like a tarp," said Kimberly Wolenski, the vice president of Zwan Family Charity. The Dubai charity decree also comes as Mideast nations face Western pressure to crack down on charity donations that get funneled to regional extremist groups. ———Online:Zwan Family Charity: www.zwanfamilycharity.org———Associated Press writers Amir Shah in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Rod McGuirk in Canberra, Australia, contributed to this report.

Source: ABC News August 19, 2016 12:12 UTC