Amanullah Khan | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1934 Astore, Jammu and Kashmir, British India (present-day Gilgit−Baltistan) |
| Died | 26 April 2016 (aged 81) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party |  Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front |
| Alma mater | Sindh Madressatul Islam College, Karachi |
Amanullah Khan (24 August 1934 – 26 April 2016) was the founder of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), a Kashmiri militant activist group that advocates independence for the entire Kashmir region.[1] Khan's JKLF initiated the ongoing armed insurgency in Indian-administered Kashmir with backing from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, which lasted until Pakistan dropped its support of secular Kashmiri separatists in favour of pro-Pakistan Islamist groups, such as the Hizbul Mujahideen.[2] In 1994, the JKLF in the Kashmir Valley, under the leadership of Yasin Malik, renounced militancy in favour of a political struggle.[3] Amanullah Khan disagreed with the strategy, causing a split in the JKLF.
- ^ Joshi, Manoj (1 January 1999). The lost rebellion: Kashmir in the nineties. Mumbai: penguin books.
- ^ Carter, David B. (2012), "A Blessing or a Curse? State Support for Terrorist Groups", International Organization, 66 (1): 129–151, doi:10.1017/S0020818311000312, JSTOR 41428948, S2CID 17670053: "The group began to receive generous support from Pakistan in the early 1980s. Pakistan also provided the JKLF with safe haven from which to organize its attacks on India. However, by 1990, the group began to suffer from its close relationship with its sponsor. In fact, the group's leadership even accused Pakistan of providing information about its whereabouts to Indian security forces."
- ^ Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (7 August 2003). "Pakistan: Activities of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF); whether the JKLF practices forced recruitment, and if so, whether this is done in collaboration with the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP)". UNHCR.