Harkat-ul-Ansar

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Harkat-ul-Ansar (HUA) was an Islamic terrorist organization founded in 1993. It was the result of a merger between the groups Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI). Many of its operations were conducted in Jammu and Kashmir.

Soon after its founding, several members of its leadership were arrested by Indian Security Forces. In November 1993 the former head of HUM, Nasrullah Mansur Langrayal, was arrested. In February of 1994, Maulana Masood Azhar, HUA general secretary, and Sajjad Afghani, the head of the Jammu and Kashmir branch of the group, were captured in Srinagar.

It was labeled a terrorist organization in 1997 by the United States because of its connections with Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden and because of its efforts to win the release of its leaders. To avoid the repercussion of the ban, it was dissolved back into two separate groups the same year.