5. Taliban – Annual Turnover $400 Million
The Taliban is a militant political movement that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 and applied the rule of Sunni Islamic Sharia law.
Main funding sources: drug trafficking (mainly production of opium and heroin), sponsorship fees and taxes, financial assistance and donations.
Goal: the establishment of an Islamic theocracy in Afghanistan
Photo: The site of a suicide bombing targeting a bus of Afghan soldiers in Kabul on December 11, 2014 as part of a recent string of Taliban attacks / AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai
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