
21 people were killed in the clashes that ensued. The organisation's first major strike is deemed to be the assassination of Maulvi Farooq Shah, the then Mirwaiz of Kashmir and chairman of the All Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee, a coalition of disparate political parties in Jammu and Kashmir, on. Paul Staniland, an American political scientist at the University of Chicago, notes that the organisation primarily mobilised through the Jamaat-e-Islami network, and initially represented a minority politico-religious ideology of theirs. Heavily critical of all other actors who accepted or advocated for Kashmir's complete independence as the third option (as an alternative to merging with either India or Pakistan) in the Kashmir conflict, the group solely advocated for an outright integration of Kashmir with Pakistan. īy the time of its establishment, the organisation asserted a strength of over 10,000 armed cadres, the majority of whom were trained in Pakistan, with some having received training in Afghanistan during the Afghan Civil War. He was joined by Mohammed Abdullah Bangroo-another Jamaat militant veteran-in the role of military advisor and by around April 1990, the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen was established. Trained in Pakistan, he returned to Jammu and Kashmir to establish a hard-line struggle against the Indian administration. In 1988, Muhammad Ahsan Dar, a Jamaat-e-Islami school teacher, chose to cross the Line of Control into Pakistan-administered Kashmir. 3.1 Friction with JKLF and alliance with Jaamat.The organisation's headquarters is reportedly located in Muzaffarabad, Pakistani-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir, while its liaison office is maintained in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital.


Some authors view it as the military wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami movement. The Hizb-ul-Mujahideen was supported, since its inception, by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). įounded by Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir in September 1989, It is considered to be one of the most important players that evolved the narrative of the Kashmir conflict from nationalism to radical jihad. It remains a lawfully-operating organisation in Pakistan the group professes a radical right-wing Islamic ideology. It has been designated as a terrorist group by the European Union, India, Canada, and the United States. The group has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in India. Its goal is to separate Kashmir from India and merge it with Pakistan. 'Party of Holy Fighters') is an Islamist militant group operating in Indian-administered Kashmir. India, European Union, Canada, United States Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan) Kashmiri Tigers & Mujahideen e Ansar al Tawheed al Islami (Active In Jammu and Kashmir) Ghazi Haider) † (chief operational commander in the Kashmir Valley) Muhammad Ahsan Dar (founder and Supreme leader)
