Afghan Relief

This article is about the UK charity set up by Idries Shah. For the US and Afghanistan-registered aid agency, see Afghanistan Relief Organization.

The objects of this Trust were to relieve poverty and sickness and promote health and advance education amongst refugees from Afghanistan during the Russian occupation.[1][2][3][4]

The charity was registered on 25 July 1984 and was wound-up on 3 October 2002. Registered Charity Commission for England and Wales Number 289910.[5]

References

  1. Cecil, Robert (26 November 1996). "Obituary: Idries Shah". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  2. Rothschild, Jeffrey (Spring 1997). "He Who Serves: The Life and Work of Idries Shah (1924–1996)". Sufi. Khaniqah Nimatullahi Publications (33): 14–15.
  3. Staff (November 1996). "Death of Idries Shah (1924-1996)". British Muslims Monthly Survey. University of Birmingham. IV (11): 1–2.
  4. Pressley, James (14 January 1988). "Doris Lessing blows the veil of romanticism off Afghanistan". The Christian Science Monitor. Christian Science Publishing Society. Archived from the original on 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  5. Staff. "289910 - Afghan Relief". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 2016-09-01.

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