Abdul Rauf Azhar
Pakistan-based jihadist commander From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abdul Rauf is a Pakistani Deobandi Jihadist cleric and militant currenly serving as the supreme commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammed he took the command of the Jaish-e-Mohammed on 21 April 2007, He is one of the most wanted person in India due to his history of activities against India.[2][3][4][5]
Abdul Rauf Azhar | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Jaish-e-Mohammad, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami[1] |
| Rank | Supreme Commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed |
| Battles/wars | |
Involvement in hijacking of Indian Airlines
The Abdul Rauf Azhar is involved in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines Flight 814 under the support of Pakistan's main intelligence agency and Taliban to secure the release of 36 Islamist jihadists held in prison in India – fellow Harkat-ul-Mujahideen members specially for his older brother Masood Azhar including two jihadists like Ahmed Omar Saeed and Mushtaq Ahmed. The hostage crisis lasted for seven days and ended after India agreed to release the three jihadists out of 36 jihadists, In 2000 the jihadists formed a new outfit named as, Jaish-e-Mohammed and have since been implicated in other militant actions, such as the 2001 Indian Parliament attack, 2002 kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, 2016 Pathankot attack and the 2019 Pulwama attack. The Abdul Rauf Azhar is one of the most wanted person in India due to his history of activities against India.[6][1]
Command of Jaish-e-Mohammed
Abdul Rauf Azhar took command of the Jaish-e-Mohammed on 21 April 2007, when his older brother, Maulana Masood Azhar its leader, went underground under the support of Pakistan's main intelligence agency.[2]
Activities in Islamabad
In 2009 the BBC News reported Rauf was one of the leaders summoned to Islamabad to help the Pakistani government negotiate with hostage-takers who had seized 42 civilians.[3]
Designation as a terrorist
On 2 December 2010, the United States Treasury designated Abdul Rauf Azhar as a terrorist.[7]
Affiliations
JeM commander Azhar allegedly maintains strong ties with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Haqqani network sharing their training camps in Afghanistan, and exchanging intelligence, training and coordination.[8][9] Azhar have strong ties with the religious political parties of Pakistan and Difa-e-Pakistan Council, an umbrella coalition of anti-NATO religious and nationalist organizations in Pakistan including with the ISI-sponsored United Jihad Council, an umbrella organisation of 13–16 separatist insurgent organisations active against the Indian administration of Jammu and Kashmir.[10]
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