Hunting Al-Qaeda’s Biggest Financier

HBH is thrilled to welcome back our good friend, Omar Kahn. Today, Omar tells us of an operation he undertook as a private investigator against the vast smuggling network of Ayub Afridi, the single largest funding source for Al-Qaeda.

Dating back to the 1970s and through the early 2000s, Afridi ran one of the biggest smuggling operations the world has ever seen. With Afghanistan’s infamous opium trade as its bedrock, Afridi’s organization traded tens of billions of dollars in contraband and cash. 

Despite the nature of his business, like Pablo Escobar in Colombia, Afridi was beloved, and was even elected to Pakistan’s National Assembly. 

The Khyber Pass leads through the towering Hindu Kush mountains of northwest Pakistan and is the gateway to eastern Afghanistan. These mountains once stopped Alexander the Great and sheltered Osama bin Laden. For nearly 40 years they were controlled by Ayub Afridi. Omar’s mission would lead him into those very mountains.

If you missed Omar’s previous episode ‘Destroying a $50 Billion Chinese Mob Smuggling Operation’, you’ll find it at Episode 2 on the HBH page, on whichever platform you listen.

Omar Kahn worked as an international private investigator for many years, where he was hired by dozens of intelligence organizations and private security firms. He now works full-time as a psychic medium where he uses his intuitive abilities to advise high-profile clients around the world.