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Abdul Rauf is a commander of the militant Pakistani group Jaish-e-Mohammed , based mainly in the Pakistan -administered portion of the state of Kashmir and also in Afghanistan . The younger brother of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar , he was involved in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines Flight 814 and is one of the most wanted persons in India due to his history of militant activities. Abdul Rauf Azhar took command of the Jaish-e-Mohammed on April 21, 2007, when his older brother, Maulana Masood Azhar its former leader, went underground. In 2009 the BBC News reported Rauf was one of the leaders summoned to Islamabad to help the Pakistani government negotiate with hostage-takers who had seized 42 civilians.1 Special planes were subsequently dispatched to Lahore, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan to bring to Rawalpindi Malik Ishaq, a jailed leader of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Mufti Abdul Rauf, the younger brother of Maulana Masood Azhar who is the acting ameer of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi, the chief of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, to hold talks with the hostage takers. mirror "US sanctions three Pak terrorists" . US has slapped sanctions against three Pakistan-based key terrorists leaders, including Abdul Rauf Azhar the top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed in India, who in 2008 was assigned to organise suicide attacks in the country. According to the Daily Times - a leading Pakistani daily - Mufti Abdul Rauf has taken upon himself the task of spearheading the reorganisation of the militant body after Maulana Azhar went underground following two suicide attacks on President General Pervez Musharraf. Institute for Conflict Management . The outlawed JeM is reportedly re-organising itself under its new commander Mufti Abdul Rauf, younger brother of the outfit's chief Maulana Masood Azhar Bill Roggio (2 December 2010). Azhar has been identified by the Treasury Department as "a senior leader" of JeM who "has urged Pakistanis to engage in militant activities." In 2007, Azhar served as JeM's "acting leader."2
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Abdul Rauf is a commander of the militant Jaish-e-Mohammed who administered portion of the state of Kashmir and also in Afghanistan . The younger brother of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar , he was involved in the hijacking of an Indian Airlines Flight 814 and is one of the most wanted persons in India due to his history of militant activities. Abdul Rauf Azhar took command of the Jaish-e-Mohammed on 21 April 2007, when his older brother, Maulana Masood Azhar its former leader, went underground. In 2009 the BBC News reported Rauf was one of the leaders summoned to Islamabad to help the Pakistani government negotiate with hostage-takers who had seized 42 civilians. US has slapped sanctions against three Pakistan-based key terrorists leaders, including Abdul Rauf Azhar the top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed in India, who in 2008 was assigned to organise suicide attacks in the country. According to the Daily Times - a leading Pakistani daily - Mufti Abdul Rauf has taken upon himself the task of spearheading the reorganisation of the militant body after Maulana Azhar went underground following two suicide attacks on President General Pervez Musharraf. Institute for Conflict Management . The outlawed JeM is reportedly re-organising itself under its new commander Mufti Abdul Rauf, younger brother of the outfit's chief Maulana Masood Azhar Bill Roggio (2 December 2010). Azhar has been identified by the Treasury Department as "a senior leader" of JeM who "has urged Pakistanis to engage in militant activities." In 2007, Azhar served as JeM's "acting leader."
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Pakistan-based jihadist commander Abdul Rauf is a Pakistani Deobandi fundamentalist Islamist militant commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a Deobandi Islamist militant organization which has carried out Islamist militant activities in India & Afghanistan under the support of Pakistan's main intelligence agency .How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of ... – Roy Gutman – Google Books . Institute for Conflict Management . The outlawed JeM is reportedly re-organising itself under its new commander Mufti Abdul Rauf, younger brother of the outfit's chief Maulana Masood Azhar . Special planes were subsequently dispatched to Lahore, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan to bring to Rawalpindi Malik Ishaq, a jailed leader of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Mufti Abdul Rauf, the younger brother of Maulana Masood Azhar who is the acting ameer of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi, the chief of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, to hold talks with the hostage takers. US has slapped sanctions against three Pakistan-based key terrorists leaders, including Abdul Rauf Azhar the top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed in India, who in 2008 was assigned to organise suicide attacks in the country. According to the Daily Times —a leading Pakistani daily—Mufti Abdul Rauf has taken upon himself the task of spearheading the reorganisation of the militant body after Maulana Azhar went underground following two suicide attacks on President General Pervez Musharraf.
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Pakistani militant commander (born 1974) Abdul Rauf Azhar Alvi (born 1974) is a Pakistani militant, the supreme commander of the jihadist Islamist militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and one of the brothers of JeM founder Masood Azhar .He took command of JeM on 21 April 2007, and is listed on the NIA Most Wanted .He has been charged in multiple terrorist attacks in India including the 1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Kashmir , 2016 Pathankot attack , 2016 Uri attack and the 2019 Pulwama attack . How We Missed the Story: Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban, and the Hijacking of ... – Roy Gutman – Google Books . Institute for Conflict Management . The outlawed JeM is reportedly re-organising itself under its new commander Mufti Abdul Rauf, younger brother of the outfit's chief Maulana Masood Azhar Amir Mir (16 October 2009). Special planes were subsequently dispatched to Lahore, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan to bring to Rawalpindi Malik Ishaq, a jailed leader of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Mufti Abdul Rauf, the younger brother of Maulana Masood Azhar who is the acting ameer of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi, the chief of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, to hold talks with the hostage takers. US has slapped sanctions against three Pakistan-based key terrorists leaders, including Abdul Rauf Azhar the top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammed in India, who in 2008 was assigned to organise suicide attacks in the country. According to the Daily Times —a leading Pakistani daily—Mufti Abdul Rauf has taken upon himself the task of spearheading the reorganisation of the militant body after Maulana Azhar went underground following two suicide attacks on President General Pervez Musharraf.
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“hostage” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 4. Read the current article and compare.
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commander of the militant pakistani group jaish-e-mohammed
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pakistani militant
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