On 22 December 2011, the U.S. State Department further announced that as part of its Rewards for Justice Program, it is offering up to a $10 million reward for information on the location of Khalil. Khalil is only one of three designated terrorists in the Rewards for Justice $10 million reward bracket along with Taliban head Mullah Omar and al-Qaeda in Iraq chief Abu Dua. Only al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri fetches a higher reward at a $25 million maximum.[6] It also marked the first time that Rewards for Justice offered a reward for information leading to a terrorist financier.