What is the march of the militant group Al-Badr Mujahideen's solidarity with Kashmir in Malakand?
11 February 2020
BBC Urdu
Image caption In the nineteenth century after the Afghan war, al-Mujahideen claimed responsibility for a number of major operations in Indian-administered Kashmir.
On February 5, where political and social organizations organized gatherings and rallies in connection with Kashmiri Kashmir Day as per the government announcement, some protests took place in Samar Bagh, Tamgarra and Manda areas of Malakand Division. They were managed by a jihadist group that had been inactive for some time.
Hundreds of people participated in the demonstrations under the group called al-Mujahedin.
The al-Mujahideen have claimed responsibility for several operations in the Indian-administered Kashmir in the past. The United States and India have banned him on terrorism charges.
The organization has not been declared illegal in Pakistan, but its activities have been illegally banned for many years.
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The Mujahideen workers of al-Badr have been present in large numbers in the Dir area, but their activities were limited for some years and their offices were closed for the last two, three years.
A local businessman from Temgarra said, 'There were three to four hundred people in the rally of Al-Badr Mujahideen. Some of them wore military uniforms. They were carrying white flags on which the words were written.
'These people were shouting slogans against India. I saw eight to ten people armed with Kalashnikovs. '
Another trader said that the people of al-Mujadin were riding on motorcycles and cars, and also on foot.
"They held a rally at Rest House Chowk in the Taimur Ghar, which is very close to the main bazaar, before which a rally was held in the whole market."
He claimed that 'on the occasion of the rally, the policemen were performing duties while the traffic police personnel stopped the traffic.'
Image caption At the national level, the name of al-Mujahideen was first heard after the Soviet Union withdrew from Afghanistan in the wake of civil war between jihadist groups in Afghanistan.
Denial of administration
However, when these claims were talked to Assistant Commissioner Temirgara Lower Dir Muhammad Shah Jamil Khan, he was convinced that there was no program in Temirgara on February 5 in which armed people were involved.
He said, "On February 5, programs of solidarity and Kashmir organized by the administration and the government were held. There were no programs of any organization. How can the administration allow al-Mujahideen to participate in its programs? This is impossible and wrong. '
Shah Jameel Khan said, "In the videos being shared on social media, they may have organized a program in another location and said that it has happened in Tamergarh."
The commander of al-Badr, Bakht Zaman, on the scene
It may be recalled that Bakht Zameer Khan, the supreme commander of the Mujahideen of al-Badr, was also of late, though he had not been active for a long time, but he also showed up in the Tamir Gah and Samar Bagh meetings.
On this occasion, he said in his address that he welcomes the declaration of solidarity with Kashmir by the Government of Pakistan but this is not enough. "The government should move forward, we will support it as well."
Bakht Land Khan said, “The UN will never solve the Kashmir issue but will have to take the path of jihad.
These recent activities of al-Badr mujahideen after the Kashmir rally have been a topic of debate in Temirgara and Dir.
According to one businessman, 'seeing this rally, it felt like the era of the nineties was back, when people and young people were publicly invited to take up jihad and armed training.'
Image caption These recent activities of the Mujahideen of Mujahideen after the Kashmir rally have been a topic of debate in Tamgarh and Deir.
React on social media
After the photos and news of the rally surfaced, Member of the National Assembly Ali Ali Wazir said in a message on Twitter that the five freeways were rehearsed by al-Mujahedeen in Timurgarh Bazaar to conquer Afghanistan and Kashmir.
Human rights activist Yusuf Jan Saifi said, “In the name of solidarity from Kashmir, dozens of miscreants came out in the Tamir Ghar Bazaar. We will not allow anyone to use this land for terrorism and terrorism in our region. '
Former Awami National Party leader Bashari Gohar said peace talks are bound in prisons while terrorists are allowed to spread fear.
Who are the Mujahideen?
After the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, the jihadist Islamic Pakistan, which was providing support to the jihadist youth and those associated with it, was named al-Mujahideen.
He recruited young people from all over Pakistan to participate in the jihad in Afghanistan and had centers in other cities of the country besides Peshawar.
At the national level, the name of al-Badr Mujahideen was first heard after the Soviet Union's withdrawal from Afghanistan in the beginning of civil war between jihadist groups in Afghanistan.
On this occasion, al-Mujahideen had put their weight on the plinth of Afghanistan's war commander and former Prime Minister Engineer Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whose organization Hizb-i-Islami managed the camps or fronts of these Pakistani youth in Afghanistan. ۔
Image caption Hundreds of people participated in the demonstration under al-Mujahideen group
Al-Badr Mujahideen was a major center in Khost, currently under the control of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border, but later the area and center of the Afghan Taliban was controlled.
In the nineteenth century after the Afghan war, al-Badr Mujahideen assumed responsibility for a number of major operations in Indian-administered Kashmir. In the meantime, al-Badr Mujahidin recruited a large number of youths from Pakistan in the name of jihad in Kashmir, many of whom were also reported missing.
Differences from the Jamaat-e-Islami
In the last years of the nineties, differences between the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and the al-Mujahideen began to emerge.
This came at a turning point when some youths of the organization staged protest slogans on the arrival of Qazi Hussain Ahmed, former Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.
After that, the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan formally declared its affiliation with al-Mujahideen and established a new organization called Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan.
