Harkat Ul-ansar (Noun)
Meaning
An Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- Harkat-ul-Ansar was formed in the early 1990s as a militant offshoot from the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.
- The group's initial goal was to support the Mujahideen in Afghanistan against the Soviet occupation forces.
- Harkat-ul-Ansar's terrorist operations in Kashmir were aimed at forcing the Indian government to cede the region to Pakistan.
- The group's founders were among the most prominent veterans of the anti-Soviet Afghan jihad.
- Harkat-ul-Ansar was designated as a terrorist organization by the United States in 1997 due to its involvement in numerous attacks in Kashmir.