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Jundallah (Pakistan)

Jundallah (جندالله, lit. "Soldiers of God") was a militant group associated with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The group was commanded by militant Hakimullah Mehsud, the Emir of TTP,[4] until his death on 1 November 2013.[5][6] Ahmed Marwat was the spokesman of the group.[7] On 17 November 2014, a group spokesman told Reuters that it had vowed allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, after a meeting with a three-man delegation from the group.[8][9][10] In January 2017, the Government of Pakistan imposed, interalia, a ban on Jundullah and other splinter groups that claimed responsibility for terror attacks.[11][12]

Not to be confused with Jundallah (Iran).

Jundullah

1996–2017

Salafist Jihadism
Central Asian Caliphate

10,000–12,000 (in 2014)[1]
400–1,000 (in 2015)[2]

Islamic State – Khorasan Province (2014–present)[1]
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (2007–2014)

State opponents

In literature[edit]

There was scant literature available on Jundallah in the English language. The Scriptwriter was the first English language novel written about Jundallah by a writer from the Pakistan/Iran region.[28]

Ansar Al-Mujahideen