Al-Ansi joined al-Qaeda's forces on the battlefield and was selected to participate in their most intense training course in Afghanistan, called the "Qualification of the Forces".
Al-Ansi bergabung dengan pasukan al-Qaeda di medan tempur dan dipilih untuk berpartisipasi dalam kebanyakan kursus intensif yang diselenggarakan di Afghanistan, yang disebut kursus "Kualifikasi Pasukan".