Jaish al-Adl: Terror outfit behind Kulbhushan Jadhav kidnapping now targeted by Iran

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An Indian businessman was carrying out his cargo business from Bandar Abbas and Chabahar ports near Iran when he was allegedly abducted by a relatively unheard of terrorist group based in Pakistan in March 2016...

Jaish al-Adl or Jaysh al-Adl is in the news again after Iran launched unprecedented missile and drone strikes in Pakistab's Balochistan province, targeting bases of the Sunni terror group...

Jaish al-Adl, which has been designated as a terrorist group by the United States and Iran, functions on both sides of the border and has been previously involved in attacking Iranian facilities...

While it is not known exactly why Iran targeted the group, it claimed last month that Jaish al-Adl terrorists attacked a police station in Sistan, killing 11 Iranian officers, CNN quoted Tasnim news agency as saying...

According to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) of the United States, the Jaish al-Adl group has carried out a spate of attacks against Iranian border police and military personnel since 2013...

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