Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
| Harkat-ul-Mujahideen | |
|---|---|
Flag of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen | |
| Leaders | Sajjad Afghani Fazlur Rehman Khalil |
| Dates of operation | 1985–present |
| Allegiance | Afghanistan |
| Headquarters | Pakistan |
| Ideology | Islamism, Jihadism |
| Notable attacks | Indian Airlines Flight 814 |
| Status | Designated as a terrorist group by |
| Part of | United Jihad Council |
| Allies | State allies Non-state allies |
| Opponents | India |
| Battles and wars | Soviet-Afghan war Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Kargil War |
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (Urdu: حرکت المجاہدین, lit. 'Mujahideen movement'; abbreviated HUM) is a Pakistan-based Islamist jihadist group operating primarily in Kashmir. The group had links to Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar.
The group has been designated as a terrorist organization by Bahrain, the United Nations, the United Kingdom and the United States. In response the organization changed its name to Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. The group splintered from Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), a Pakistani group formed in 1980 to fight the Soviet military in Afghanistan. The Government of India has declared and banned HuM as a jihad organisation.