Is it permissible to pay the expiation to the Afghan mujahideen?

Question:
Is it permissible to pay the expiation to the Afghan mujahideen? And is it permissible to pay it in cash if I cannot find poor people in the country? Yes.

Answer:
The expiations are given to the number that Allah specified. The expiation for zihar, the expiation for breaking the fast in Ramadan, is paid to sixty people. One must seek them out in his village and in places other than his village. The expiation for an oath is for ten people. If the poor are not found, one does not know who will receive it, so it may end up in the hands of one person. The point is that this expiation must be delivered to those who are entitled to it. If you exert effort, you will find the poor; the poor exist. It is not necessary that they be in your neighborhood; they may be in another district of the city, or in a neighboring village, or one that is not neighboring. It is obligatory for you to deliver this expiation, just as you deliver zakah to those entitled to it, so you deliver the expiation to those entitled to it, even if you have to travel, even if you have to make a journey to another country. It is not necessary that they be in your district or your locality; no, you move to another locality, and to another village, seeking them out, asking about them, until you send the expiation and the zakah to them.