Al Badr training camp

The Islamic fundamentalist group Al Badr operates covert one or more Al Badr training camps in Pakistan.[1][2][3][4] CNN reports the group also operated training camps in Afghanistan.

In the 90s, militants trained at al-Badr camp in the use of RDX and C4 explosives.[5]

Shaukat Ahmed Khan, the author of an article about the camps, in the Times of India, said he was kidnapped from his home in India by recruiters for the camp;[2] and that when he made clear he wasn't interested in fighting on behalf of Al Badr those running the camp cut out his tongue, and cut off his right hand. He said they spared his life because he was a fellow Muslim.

References

  1. ^ Bindra, Satinder (2001-09-19). "India identifies terrorist training camps". CNN. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/09/19/inv.afghanistan.camp/.  mirror
  2. ^ a b Shaukat Ahmed Khan (2006-10-06). "'They took my tongue out'". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2099294.cms. Retrieved 2009-02-06.  mirror
  3. ^ Ghulam Hasnain (2001-01-29). "Inside Jihad". Time magazine. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,97126,00.html. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 
  4. ^ Muzamil Jaleel (2001-10-21). "‘I am going at the call of Allah and doing what Allah has made our farz’". Express India. http://www.expressindia.com/news/kashmir/kashmirlive/kl20011021a.html. Retrieved 2009-02-06. 
  5. ^ Bergen, Peter, "Holy War, Inc.", 2001