Al-Qaeda announces Kashmir unit, Zakir Musa will head it
Zakir Musa is the al-Qaida chief in Kashmir
The Kashmir unit will be called Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind
An al-Qaeda-affiliated propaganda channel Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) has announced 23-year-old Zakir Musa, a former Hizbul Mujahideen commander, as its head in Kashmir.
This is the first time al-Qaeda has openly admitted it operates in Kashmir which has been thecentreof militant violence over several decades.
The Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF), a jihadist website released a statement of the establishment ofa jihadi group in Kashmir calling itself “Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind”.
Zakir Musa was previously declared the commander of Hizbul Mujahideen after Burhan Wani's encounter on July 8, 2017. He, however, renounced his position from theterrorist group in May 2017.
Before joining Mujahideen Zakir was a civil engineering studentin Chandigarh.
He is now made to headal-Qaeda'snew cellnamedAnsar Ghawzat-ul-Hind.
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