Stanford Mapping of Militancy in Pakistan

[Syama Ayas]

Awesome info graphic giving a clear picture of relations between terror groups in Pakistan.

http://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/maps/view/pakistan_un

 

[Syama Ayas]

Some interesting observations:

Major Anti Pakistani terror group: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Allies :
1.The Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) (The first anti-Indian Kashmiri terror group)
2. Al Qaeda
3. Haqqani Network (Insurgents from Soviet-Afghan war era)
4. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) (Anti Shia terror group in Pakistan, split from Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, which itself was created and nurtured in time of Zia)

Rivals: All anti-Indian terror groups:
1. Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
2. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
3. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)

 

[Syama Ayas]

Major Anti-Indian groups:


1.The Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI)
Allies: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Split group: Hizb-ul-Mujahideen

2. United Jihad Council: (Union of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad )
Allies:
1.Al Qaeda
2. Al Akhtar Trust (charity linked to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and is an offshoot of Jaish-e-Muhammed)
Split group: Jaish-e-Mohammad slipt from Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
Rivals: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan