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Hizbul Mujahideen
Islamist militant organization in Kashmir
Hizbul Mujahideen
Hizbul Mujahideen, also spelled Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (transl. 'Party of Holy Fighters'), is a Pakistan-based Islamist terrorist organisation that has been engaged in the Kashmir insurgency since 1989. It aims to separate Kashmir from India and merge it with Pakistan, and is thus one of the most important players in the region as it evolved the narrative of the Kashmir conflict by steering the struggle away from nationalism and towards jihadism. Founded in September 1989 as an umbrella group of Islamist militants, Hizbul Mujahideen quickly came under the control of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir; it is considered to be the military wing of the organisation. It was supported, since its inception, by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and was established through an effort initiated under erstwhile Pakistani president Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. It is headquartered in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir, and also has liaison offices in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan's political...
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