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Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
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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.
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جماعة الأحرار | |
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Dates of operation | August 2014 – August 2020[3] August 2020 – present (as part of Pakistani Taliban)[4] |
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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) |
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Battles and wars | War in North-West Pakistan |
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