Ansar Al-Mujahideen is a banned militant group by
Pakistani government operating in
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
. The group is affiliated to
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban, officially the Tehreek-i-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Durand Line, Afghan–Pakistani border. Formed in 2007 by Baitullah Mehsud, i ...
. The group mostly carries out attacks against
Pakistan Armed Forces
The Pakistan Armed Forces (; ) are the military forces of Pakistan. It is the world's sixth-largest military measured by active military personnel and consists of three uniformed services—the Army, Navy, and the Air Force, which are backe ...
and politicians, but has also threatened polio vaccination teams. Its members are largely
Uzbeks
The Uzbeks () are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, being among the largest Turkic ethnic groups in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakhs, Kazakh and Karakalpaks, Karakalpak ...
and operate from
North Waziristan
North Waziristan District (, ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering . The capital ...
.
Major attacks
*16 Oct 2013:
Israr Ullah Khan Gandapur, Provincial Law Minister of
KPK was killed in a
suicide bomb attack while greeting people meeting him, Ansar ul-Mujahideen claimed responsibility.
*13 Oct 2013: The group claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on a convoy in
Wana that killed two security officials.
*18 Dec 2013: An explosive-laden truck hit a major security post in
North Waziristan
North Waziristan District (, ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is the northern part of Waziristan, a mountainous region of northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and covering . The capital ...
, killing five soldiers and injuring more than 20. The group claimed responsibility.
See also
*
Adnan Rashid
*
War in North-West Pakistan
The insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as the War in North-West Pakistan or Pakistan's war on terror, is an ongoing armed conflict involving Pakistan and Islamist militant groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jun ...
References
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Jihadist groups affiliated to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan