Jamaat-ul-Ahrar

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
جماعة الأحرار
	Flag of the Jihad, which was used by the group multiple times
Leaders	Leader: Omar Mukaram Khurasani; Former spokesman: Ehsanullah Ehsan ; Former leader: Omar Khalid Khorasani †;
Dates of operation	August 2014 – August 2020; August 2020 – present (as part of Pakistani Taliban)
Allegiance	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (2014); Islamic State — Khorasan Province (2014–2015); Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (2015-present);
Headquarters	Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (Formerly)
Active regions	Pakistan; Afghanistan
Ideology	Wahhabism; Salafi jihadism; Takfirism
Notable attacks	2023 Peshawar mosque bombing (as part of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan)
Part of	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (since 2020)
Allies	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi; ; Islamic State Khorasan Province; Jundallah; ; Al-Qaeda; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi; Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan;
Opponents	China; Pakistan; United Kingdom; United States;
Battles and wars	War in North-West Pakistan Operation Zarb-e-Azb; Operation Khyber-1; Operation Ghazi; Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad;
Designated as a terrorist group by	United Nations; Pakistan
	Preceded by; Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan faction (Split away in August 2014) Succeeded by; Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (merged into the group in August 2020 as a faction.)

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (Arabic: جماعة الأحرار, romanized: Jamā‘at ul-Āḥrār, "Assembly of the Free," abbreviated as JuA^[11]) was a terrorist organization that split away from Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in August 2014.^[12] The group came to prominence after it claimed responsibility for the 2014 Wagah border suicide attack. In August 2020, it merged back to TTP.

^ Roggio, Bill (30 January 2023). "Pakistani Taliban kills scores in mosque bombing in Peshawar | FDD's Long War Journal". FDD's Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Rewards for Justice – Wanted for Terrorism – Abdul Wali".
^ "Pakistani splinter group rejoins Taliban amid fears of isolation". Reuters. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ Roggio, Bill (30 January 2023). "Pakistani Taliban kills scores in mosque bombing in Peshawar | FDD's Long War Journal". FDD's Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, Extremist Group of Pakistan". SATP. Archived from the original on 25 May 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2007.
^ "Is ISIS coming to Pakistan? TTP and ISIS join hands". Parhlo. 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.
^ Giustozzi, Antonio (2018). The Islamic State in Khorasan: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the New Central Asian Jihad. Oxford University Press. pp. 137–138. ISBN 978-1849049641.
^ "Pakistan Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to Islamic State". 18 November 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^ "Narrative Summaries of Reasons for Listing | United Nations Security Council".
^ 78 Organizations Proscribed by Ministry of Interior
^ "U.S. drone strike kills militant whose group killed 250 in Pakistan". Reuters. 19 October 2017.
^ "Pakistan Taliban faction announce split, new leader". Agence France-Presse. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

[LWJ_2023-1] Roggio, Bill (30 January 2023). "Pakistani Taliban kills scores in mosque bombing in Peshawar | FDD's Long War Journal". FDD's Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[2] "Rewards for Justice – Wanted for Terrorism – Abdul Wali".

[reuters12March-3] "Pakistani splinter group rejoins Taliban amid fears of isolation". Reuters. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[4] Roggio, Bill (30 January 2023). "Pakistani Taliban kills scores in mosque bombing in Peshawar | FDD's Long War Journal". FDD's Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[satp-5] "Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, Extremist Group of Pakistan". SATP. Archived from the original on 25 May 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2007.

[6] "Is ISIS coming to Pakistan? TTP and ISIS join hands". Parhlo. 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.

[7] Giustozzi, Antonio (2018). The Islamic State in Khorasan: Afghanistan, Pakistan and the New Central Asian Jihad. Oxford University Press. pp. 137–138. ISBN 978-1849049641.

[Pakistan_Taliban_splinter_group_vows_allegiance_to_Islamic_State-8] "Pakistan Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to Islamic State". 18 November 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

[9] "Narrative Summaries of Reasons for Listing | United Nations Security Council".

[10] 78 Organizations Proscribed by Ministry of Interior

[11] "U.S. drone strike kills militant whose group killed 250 in Pakistan". Reuters. 19 October 2017.

[afp4sep-12] "Pakistan Taliban faction announce split, new leader". Agence France-Presse. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

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