Ansar-ul-Sharia’s Ameer Abdullah Hashmi with his 6 associates got killed in joint operation of Rangers and CTD last night.
Ansar-ul-Sharia has been involved in five terrorism incidents in Karachi and Mastung, security sources said, and has so far been outside the reach of law. The incidents include killing of a retired colonel, six policemen and a private security guard in Karachi, and an IED blast targeting security forces in Mastung.
The outfit could not be inspired by Daesh’s ideology, but instead it was influenced by Al Qaeda’s Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Initially, it did operate under Daesh umbrella, however, differences led to parting of the ways later.
The group comprises of militants from Al Qaeda Subcontinent, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Daesh, sources said. At present the group is being run by a man named Ahmed Farooq, and operates in Karachi and Balochistan.
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The group has been involved in multiple terror incidents in Karachi and Mastung, security sources have said.
The group first made headlines in Karachi in April this year in the targeted killing of a retired army colonel.
Police officials also believe the group is behind several attacks on police officials in Karachi in the past few months and an IED blast targeting security forces in Mastung.
The outfit was not inspired by Daesh’s ideology, but instead, it was influenced by Al-Qaeda’s Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Initially, it did operate under Daesh’s umbrella, however, differences led to the parting of the ways later.
The group comprises of militants from Al-Qaeda Subcontinent, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Daesh, sources said.
