Jamaat-ul-Ahrar

Jaamat ul-Ahrar (Assembly of the Freedmen) was a militant group that split away from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in 2014.[11] The group got media attention after it took responsibility for the 2014 Wagah border suicide attack. In 2020, the group rejoined the TTP. The group was designated a terrorist group by Pakistan and the UN in 2017.[12]

Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
جماعة الأحرار
Leaders
  • Leader: Omar Mukaram Khurasani[1]
  • Former spokesman: Ehsanullah Ehsan Surrendered
  • Former leader: Omar Khalid Khorasani †[2]
Dates of operationAugust 2014 – August 2020[3]
August 2020 – present (as part of Pakistani Taliban)[4]
Allegiance
HeadquartersNangarhar Province, Afghanistan (Formerly)
Active regionsPakistan
Afghanistan
IdeologyWahhabism
Salafi jihadism
Takfirism
Notable attacks2023 Peshawar mosque bombing (as part of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan)
Part ofTehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (since 2020)
Allies
Opponents
Battles and warsWar 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[9]
 Pakistan[10]

References
  1. Roggio, Bill (2023-01-30). "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".
  3. "Pakistani splinter group rejoins Taliban amid fears of isolation". Reuters. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. Roggio, Bill (2023-01-30). "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.
  5. "Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, Extremist Group of Pakistan". SATP. Archived from the original on 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
  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.
  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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  11. "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.
  12. "JAMAAT-UL-AHRAR". sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
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