United Jihad Council

Also known as the Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC), this Jehadi fighters group was formed in the summer of 1994 by the amalgamation of several Islamic Armed terrorist organizations. It is currently headed by Syed Salahuddin, the leader of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, the largest Jihad group operating in the Indian administered part of Jammu and Kashmir. This organization was created to unify and focus efforts of various armed resistance groups fighting against the Indian rule in Kashmir. This made distribution of resources like arms, ammunition, propaganda materials and communications more streamlined. It also made it easier to coordinate and pool resources of various Jihadi groups to collect information, plan operations and strike at targets of military importance inside Indian administered Kashmir.

Among the member organizations are: Harakat-ul-Ansar, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, Al-Jihad, Al-Barq, Al-Badr, Ikhwan-ul-Mussalmin, Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen. By early 1999, as many as fifteen organizations were affiliated with the Council, though of these only five were considered influential: Lashkar-e-Toiba, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Al-Badr and Tehrik-i-Jihad. Many of these organizations are recognized as freedom fighting organizations by the Pakistan and the Islamic World.

The United Jihad Council emerged as the primary public voice of the Mujahideen in the Kargil offensive. The United Jihad Council, including four other units fighting in the Kargil mountains said...
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