Jundallah (Pakistan)
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Jundallah is a violent militant Islamist group in Pakistan
closely tied to Al Qaeda and the Taliban (not to be confused with the Iran-based group of the same name led by Abdolmalek Rigi
). The group is wanted in connection to a wide range of terrorist attacks, most famously the June 10, 2004 attempted assassination attempt on the convoy of Ahsan Saleem Hyat, the then Karachi Corps Commander
. One of the group's most well known militants is Qasim Toori.
Another militant group by the name of Jundullah with ties to Jaish-e-Mohammed
mushroomed within the personnel of Pakistan military. The primary feature of this group was that it recruits came primarily from the various military branches of Pakistan armed forces. This group could not gain a very widespread popularity, and was contained by the military intelligence, and is currently virtually non-existent, with peaks in early 2000s. High estimates of number of it recruits are in lower 100s.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
closely tied to Al Qaeda and the Taliban (not to be confused with the Iran-based group of the same name led by Abdolmalek Rigi
Abdolmalek Rigi
Abdolmajid Rigi or Abdolmalek Rigi was the leader of Jundallah, an Islamist Sunni militant organization based in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of southeast Iran, until his capture and execution in 2010 by the Iranian government.-Biography:Born in 1983, Abdolmalek Rigi is from the Regi tribe...
). The group is wanted in connection to a wide range of terrorist attacks, most famously the June 10, 2004 attempted assassination attempt on the convoy of Ahsan Saleem Hyat, the then Karachi Corps Commander
V Corps (Pakistan)
The V Corps, also known as Victory Corps, is an administrative corps of Pakistan Army assigned in Karachi, Sindh Province of Pakistan. The V Corps is the only corps that is stationed in the Sindh Province, while the II Strike Corps and the IV Corps are both stationed in Punjab Province...
. One of the group's most well known militants is Qasim Toori.
Another militant group by the name of Jundullah with ties to Jaish-e-Mohammed
Jaish-e-Mohammed
Jaish-e-Mohammed is a Pakistani-based, militant Islamic group established by Maulana Masood Azhar in March 2000...
mushroomed within the personnel of Pakistan military. The primary feature of this group was that it recruits came primarily from the various military branches of Pakistan armed forces. This group could not gain a very widespread popularity, and was contained by the military intelligence, and is currently virtually non-existent, with peaks in early 2000s. High estimates of number of it recruits are in lower 100s.