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Hizbul Mujahideen, also spelled Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (Arabic: حزب المجاھدین, transl. 'Party of Holy Fighters'), [15] is a Pakistan-affiliated Islamist militant organisation that has been engaged in the Kashmir insurgency since 1989.
Another new group reported to have emerged is the "Save Kashmir Movement". Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (formerly known as Harkat-ul-Ansar) and Lashkar-e-Toiba are believed to be operating from Muzaffarabad, and Muridke, Pakistan respectively. [161] Other less well known groups are the Freedom Force and Farzandan-e-Milat.
Riyaz Ahmad Naikoo (also known as Mohammad bin Qasim or Zubair ul Islam, [1] April 1985 – 6 May 2020) was one of the top ten most wanted militant commanders of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the operational chief of Hizbul Mujahideen, an Islamist Pro-Pakistan militant organization active in Jammu and Kashmir. [2]
It was the result of a merger between Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI). Many of its operations were conducted in Jammu and Kashmir. [17] [18] Soon after its founding, several members of its leadership were arrested by Indian Security Forces. In November 1993, the former head of HuM, Nasrullah Mansur Langrayal, was arrested.
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen 15 [9] [5] Dissolved (Gen K. V. Krishna Rao) P. V. Narasimha Rao 1995 26 January Assassination attempt on Governor Lt Gen K. V. Krishna Rao. Hizbul Mujahideen Lashkar-e-Taiba 8 [10] 20 July Bomb Explosion in Jammu: 20 [11] 1998 26 January Wandhama massacre: 23 Farooq Abdullah Inder Kumar Gujral 17 April Prankote massacre
Mohammad Yusuf Shah (born 18 February or December 1946), commonly known as Syed Salahuddin, is the head of Hizbul Mujahideen, a terrorist organization operating in Kashmir. He also heads the United Jihad Council , a Pakistan-based conglomeration of jihadist militant groups sponsored by the ISI , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] with the goal of merging Jammu and ...
In June 2012 in an interview, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin accepted that Pakistan had been backing Hizbul Mujahideen for fighting in Kashmir. [5] He had threatened to start attacking Pakistan if the latter stopped backing the separatist militants in Jammu and Kashmir. He claimed the militants were fighting "Pakistan's war". [5] [6]
Hizbul Mujahideen Lashkar-e-Taiba Jaish-e-Mohammed Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir Al-Qaeda Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind Islami Jamiat Taliba [1] Opponents India United States: Battles and wars: Soviet-Afghan war Afghan Civil War (1989-1992) Kashmir conflict Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir