Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Arabic: حركة الجهاد الإسلامي, romanized: Ḥarkat al-Jihād al-Islāmiyah, lit. 'Islamic Jihad Movement"', HuJI) is a Pakistani Islamist extremist, fundamentalist and terrorist organisation affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
| Founders | Fazlur Rehman Khalil Qari Saifullah Akhtar |
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| Leader | Ilyas Kashmiri † Shah Sahib |
| Dates of operation | 1985–present |
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| Ideology | Islamism Islamic fundamentalism Islamist extremism |
| Status | Active |
| Size | >400+ (claimed) |
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| Battles and wars | Soviet–Afghan War Kashmir insurgency Internal conflict in Bangladesh Bangladesh drug war War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
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It has been the most active in the South Asian countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and India since the early 1990s. The militant organisation has been designated as a terrorist group by India, Israel, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and Bangladesh when its Bangladesh branch was banned in 2005.
The operational commander of HuJI, Ilyas Kashmiri, was killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan on 4 June 2011. He was linked to the 13 February 2010 bombing of a German bakery in Pune. A statement was released soon after the attack which claimed to be from Kashmiri; it threatened other cities and major sporting events in India. A local Taliban commander named Shah Sahib was named as Kashmiri's successor.