The name primarily refers to a militant group active in Jammu and Kashmir during the mid-1990s, best known for the 1995 kidnapping of foreign tourists. In a completely unrelated context, Faran or Al-Faran is also the name of several academic and commercial organizations, such as the Faran Group of Institutions in Bangalore. The Al-Faran Militant Group (Kashmir)
The authors suggest that the crisis was prolonged by certain elements to discredit the Kashmiri insurgency on the global stage. Other "Al-Faran" Entities al faran
Al-Faran was a shadowy extremist group that Indian and Western intelligence agencies identified as a front or pseudonym for the Pakistan-based organization (later known as Harkat-ul-Mujahideen). The group's primary motive was to force the Indian government to release jailed militant leaders, most notably Maulana Masood Azhar . The 1995 Kidnapping Crisis The name primarily refers to a militant group