Militant Mafias Based in Afghanistan: Extremist Groups Turn to Kidnapping and Ransom as Infighting Over Money Escalates
Several militant groups currently based in Afghanistan have devolved into criminal enterprises, using Afghan soil as a safe haven to launch extortion, kidnapping, and ransom operations deep inside Pakistan. Groups such as IS-KP (Khorasan), Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group, Lashkar-e-Islam, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), and other […]










