Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Taiba is a Pakistani Islamist Jihadist militant organization driven by a Salafi jihadist ideology. The organisation's primary stated objective is to merge the whole of Kashmir with Pakistan. It... Wikipedia
- Active: 1985/1986-present
- Ideology: Ahl-e-Hadith, Salafi jihadism, Sunni Islamism, Pan-Islamism, Sunni–Shia unity, Islamic fundamentalism, Ghazwa-e-Hind, Anti-Hindu, Anti-Communism, Anti-Sovietism, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Pakistani nationalism
- Groups: The Resistance Front, Virginia jihad network, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Milli Muslim League, Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-Sunnah (negated), Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir
- Founders: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Zafar Iqbal Shehbaz, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Amir Hamza, Abdul Rehman Makki, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi
- Ameer: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
- Naib Ameer: Zafar Iqbal (co-founder of Jamaat-ud-Dawa)
- Headquarters: Muridke, Punjab, Pakistan
- Area of operations: Worldwide, predominantly in the Indian subcontinent, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Australia, United States, Bangladesh, Nepal
- Part of: United Jihad Council
- Allies: Non-state allies, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Pakistani Taliban, Hizbul Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Al-Badr, Al Rashid Trust, Indian Mujahideen, People's Anti-Fascist Front, Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam, Al-Qaeda, AQIS, AGH State allies, (politically)
- Opponents: State opponents, Formerly, Soviet Union (1987–1989), Republic of Afghanistan (1987–1992), Northern Alliance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (until 2021)
- Data source: DuckDuckGo