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[1] Former spokesman: Ehsanullah Ehsan  Former leader: Omar Khalid Khorasani †[2]
Dates of operation	August 2014 – August 2020[3] August 2020 – present (as part of Pakistani Taliban)[4]
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[5] Daesh[6] Khorasan Province[7] Jundallah[8] 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[9]  Pakistan[10]
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.)

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]

References

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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.
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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.