Gul Ali Uthmanzai

Gul Ali Uthmanzai was born in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on May 4, 1976, but was living in Olbia. He was also known by his alias Ali Gohar and was a former Taliban. In 2015, he was accused of being part of a terrorist network close to al-Qaeda and other jihadist organisations, operating between Olbia and Rome under the direction of Sultan Wali Khan.
Uthmanzai was charged with terrorist association according to Article 270, and Law 4 of March 16, 2006, no. 146. According to court documents, Uthmanzai and the others were part of a transnational terrorist organisation responsible for seven attacks on infrastructures and high-profile figures in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2009 and 2011, with the aim of forcing the government to stop fighting Talibans while financing the terrorist groups Theerek-E-Taliban and Theerek-E-Nifaz-E-Sharia-E-Mohammadi. In particular, Uthmanzai, alongside Sher Khan, organised the money transfer to Pakistan from northern Sardinia. For example, in 2010, Gul Ali Uthmanzai, Sher Khan, Shohb Khan and Yahya Khan Ridi organised a fundraise to free Shohb’s nephew, who was devoted to jihad and martyrdom and had been kidnapped. Uthmanzai provided Ridi with information about the locations in Pakistan where the money, already divided between Taliban groups, was to be delivered. Moreover, when questioned by the police about al-Qaeda and Bin Laden, Uthmanzai’s behaviour was suspicious, as he evaded questions by pretending not to speak Italian, as suggested to him by Sultan Wali Khan.
In February 2015, at the time of the execution of the precautionary custody order, Gul Ali Uthmanzai was untraceable.