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Al-Badhr Mujahidin

Description

Split from Hizb ul-Mujahidin (HM) in 1998. Traces its origins to 1971 when a group of the same name attacked Bengalis in East Pakistan. Later operated as part of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-I-Islami (HIG) in Afghanistan and from 1990 as a unit of HM in Kashmir.

Activities

Has conducted a number of operations against Indian military targets in Jammu and Kashmir.

Strength

Perhaps several hundred.

Location/Area of Operation

Kashmir, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

External Aid

Unknown.

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Updated May 21, 2004