Lashkar may refer to: *

Lascar A lascar was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, British Somaliland or other lands east of the Cape of Good Hope who was employed on European ships from the 16th century until the mid-20th centur ...

, a type of sailor or militiaman employed by the British in South Asia (modern Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) * ''Lashkar'' (film), a 1989 Bollywood film * ''Laskhar'' (novel), a 2008 military action thriller by

Mukul Deva Major Mukul Deva (Retd.) is an Indian polymath. Based in Singapore, he is a motivational keynote speaker, executive coach, business mentor and bestselling author. He writes spy-military thrillers on terrorism, action, crime as well as business a ...

, published by HarperCollins. This is the first of a 4-book bestseller series. The motion picture rights of this novel were purchased by Planman Motion Pictures. *

Lashkargah Lashkargāh (; ), historically called Bost or Boost (), is a city in southwestern Afghanistan and the capital of Helmand Province. It is located in Lashkargah District, where the Arghandab River merges into the Helmand River. The city has a po ...

, a city in southern Afghanistan, capital of Helmand Province *

Lashkar, Gwalior Gwalior (Hindi: , ) is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; It is known as the Music City of India having oldest musical gharana in existence. It is a major sports, cultural, industrial, and political centre in Madhya ...

, an area of the city of Gwalior, formerly a separate town *

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) , Army of Jhangvi) was a Deobandi terrorist organisation driven by a Takfiri Anti-Shia ideology based in Afghanistan. The LeJ was an offshoot of anti-Shia party Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). The LeJ was founde ...

, a militant organization in Pakistan *

Lashkar-e-Omar Lashkar-e-Omar (The Army of Omar) is an Islamic fundamentalist militant organisation. The group, which was formed in January 2002, is a mixture of elements from three other groups: Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and Jaish-e-Mo ...

, a Pakistani Islamic fundamentalist organization *

Lashkar-e-Qahhar The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July. They took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial capital. The ...

, an Islamist group that claimed responsibility for the 11 July 2006 Mumbai Train Bombings *

Lashkar-e-Taiba Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is a Pakistani Islamism, Islamist militant organization driven by a Salafi jihadism, Salafi jihadist ideology. The organisation's primary stated objective is to merge the whole of Kashmir with Pakistan. It was founded in 19 ...

, a Pakistani Islamist terrorist organization

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