Public Notice

In the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Case Nos. 03-MD-1570-GBD-SN and 1:22-CV-01188-GBD-SN, on August 23, 2022, Plaintiff Deborah Grazioso, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Grazioso, Deceased, and 246 other Plaintiffs, filed a Second Amended Complaint against the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, a/k/a the Taliban, and others in connection with the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.

Pursuant to, inter alia, 18 U.S.C § 2333, 28 U.S.C § 1331 and § 1332(a)(2) and the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991, PL 102-256, 106 Stat. 73, the Grazioso Plaintiffs seek judgment in their favor against Defendants, jointly, severally, and/or individually, for compensatory and punitive damages in excess of One Billion US Dollars (US $1,000,000,000), plus pre- and post-judgment interest, attorney’s fees, costs of this action and further appropriate relief.