Afridi Organization
A Pashtun Mafia [...] cartel founded by Haji Ayub Afridi based in Khyber Agency, Pakistan; the syndicate has major [...] control in the region.. Along with Ayub Afrifi it is headed by Iqbal Beg, Anwar Khattack, Alman Shah and Iqbal Shah. The leading figure is Haji Ayub Afridi, whose election to the National Assembly from Federally Adinstrated Tribal Areas in 1990 provoked intense international cristicism.
History
The Afridis took to the [...] business from the very beginning involving themselves in all phases of the product cycle from cash advances to growers to collecting the opium base and moving it to refine laboratories, to transporting [...] throughout Pakistan and into international channels. As early as 1980, the Khyber agency began to harbour refining "laboratories" and by 1984, the Agency reportedly had 60 such laboratories in the operation. Pakistan's biggest [...] baron Haji Ayub Afridi had access to former President Ishaq Khan (a Pakhtun from the Bangash belt of Bannu district).
Partners
Other [...] cartels comprise are led by Momin Khan Afridi, a former member of the National Assembly from FATA,the syndicate also includes well-known presee barons with strong political and intelligence links.
See Also
- Pashtun Mafia
- Haji Ayub Afridi