Jundallah (Pakistan)

Jundullah
Jundullah
	Black standard of Islamic State
Dates of operation	1996–2017
Ideology	Salafist Jihadism; Central Asian Caliphate
Size	10,000–12,000 (in 2014); 400–1,000 (in 2015)
Part of	Islamic State – Khorasan Province (2014–present); Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (2007–2014)
Allies	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; Khorasan Province; Al Qaeda (until 2015);
Opponents	State opponents Pakistan; China; Uzbekistan;

Jundallah (جندالله, lit. "Soldiers of God") was a militant group associated with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The group was commanded by militant Hakimullah Mehsud, the Emir of TTP, until his death on 1 November 2013. Ahmed Marwat was the spokesman of the group. On 17 November 2014, a group spokesman told Reuters that it had vowed allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, after a meeting with a three-man delegation from the group. In January 2017, the Government of Pakistan imposed, interalia, a ban on Jundullah and other splinter groups that claimed responsibility for terror attacks.

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