Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
| Jamaat-ul-Ahrar | |
|---|---|
| Participant in the War in North-West Pakistan and the Global War on Terrorism |
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| Active | August 2014 – March 2015 |
| Ideology | Sunni Islamic fundamentalism |
| Leaders | Omar Khalid Khorasani |
| Area of operations |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Afghanistan |
| Part of | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (Rejoined in March 2015) |
| Originated as | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan faction (Split away in August 2014) |
| Allies | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province |
| Opponents |
 Pakistan
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| Battles and wars | |
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar ("Assembly of the Free") is a militant Sunni Islamic Deobandi group that split away from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in August 2014. Although some media outlets reported that the group had pledged allegiance to ISIS, it had merely voiced support for the group. In March 2015, the group's spokesman announced that it was rejoining the Pakistani Taliban.
In September 2014, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Mullah Fazlullah ousted Mohmand Agency chief Omar Khalid Khorasani (former leader of Ahrar-ul-Hind). Omar Khalid Khorasani and his associates in Mohmand Agency had accused the TTP leadership of deviating from the TTP ideology, leading to the formation of splinter group TTP Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan was effectively divided into two factions. The original TTP is headed by Maulana Fazlullah, who was elected in November 2013 following the killing of ex-chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone strike. In February 2014, Ahrar-ul-Hind, headed by Maulana Umar Qasmi (former leader in the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) was formed after TTP opened peace talks with the Pakistani government. It later merged into Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a second splinter group that broke away from Tehreek-i-Taliban in Pakistan on 4 September 2014, and named Omar Khalid Khorasani as its commander.
The group had announced they would no longer recognize or obey Mullah Fazlullah as their Emir.
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On 9 November, least 13 militants were killed in security forces' offensive in Akakhel which included among the dead two suicide bombers and a key commander. Ehsan confirmed that their key commander Abu Jandal was killed during the 9 November bombing in Khyber Agency's Tirah Valley.
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