Harkat-ul-Mujahideen

Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (; HUM) is a Pakistan-based Islamist jihadist group operating primarily in Kashmir. The group had links to Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar.

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Militant organization.name: Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
Militant organization.attacks: Indian Airlines Flight 814
Militant organization.image: Flag of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.svg
Militant organization.caption: Flag of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
Militant organization.active: 1985–present
Militant organization.allegiance: Afghanistan
Militant organization.ideology: IslamismDeobandiJihadism
Militant organization.leaders: Sajjad AfghaniFazlur Rehman Khalil
Militant organization.headquarters: Pakistan
Militant organization.partof: United Jihad Council
Militant organization.allies: State allies Non-state allies Al-Qaeda Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent Lashkar-e-Taiba Jaish-e-Mohammed Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind Harkat-ul-Jihadi al-Islami Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan

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Post Soviet–Afghan War
Post 9/11 attacks
Designation as terrorist organisation
Harkat ul-Ansar
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Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (; HUM) is a Pakistan-based Islamist jihadist group operating primarily in Kashmir. The group had links to Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar.

The group has been designated as a terrorist organisation by Bahrain, the United Nations, the United Kingdom and the United States. In response the organisation changed its name to Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. The group splintered from Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), a Pakistani group formed in 1980 to fight the Soviet military in Afghanistan. The Government of India has declared and banned HuM as a jihad organisation.