Overview
The following page provides background information on the key non-state armed groups and their leaders.
- List of known Pakistani terrorist organizations, Terrorism Project, Center for Defense Information
- List of terrorist groups, South Asia Terrorism Portal
- Pakistan non-state actors, Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts Project
- Pakistan's new generation of terrorists, Council on Foreign Relations, 26 October 2009
- Kashmir militant extremists, Council on Foreign Relations, 9 July 2009
- Terrorism in South Asia [pdf], Congressional Research Service - Library of Congress, 11 September 2007
- Pakistan's militant Islamic groups, BBC News, 7 October 2003
Organizations
Al-Qaeda
- Al-Qaeda, globalsecurity.org
- Al-Qa`ida’s Pakistan strategy, CTC Sentinel, June 2009
Taliban Groups
- The Taliban biography, National Security Archive, 13 November 2009
- The Punjabi Taliban, International Terrorism Monitor Paper No. 566, South Asia Analysis Group, 12 October 2009
- The Pakistani Taliban: Falling out, Economist, 27 August 2009
- The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan: The Bajaur case, Nine Eleven Finding Answers Foundation, July 2009
- Pakistan: The road from hell, openDemocracy, 9 June 2009
- Defining the Punjabi Taliban network, CTC Sentinel, April 2009
- The Pakistani Taliban organizational chart, The Long War Journal, 9 January 2007
- Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) (Pakistan), Jane's
- The Taliban-Pakistan alliance, Frontline, PBS
Al-Badhr Mujahedin
- Al-Badhr Mujahedin, globalsecurity.org
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
- Antecedents and implications of the November 2008 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) attack upon several targets in the Indian mega-city of Mumbai, Rand Corporation, 11 March 2009
- Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba chooses between Kashmir and the global jihad, Terrorism Focus, The Jamestown Foundation, 28 January 2009
- Profile: Lashkar-e-Taiba (Army of the Pure) (a.k.a Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Lashkar e-Toiba; Lashkar-i-Taiba), Council on Foreign Relations, 2 December 2008
Jaish-e-Mohammed
- Jaish-e-Mohammed, Special Report No. 4, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, November 2005
Leadership
- Faces of Pakistan's militant leaders: In depth profiles of major militant commanders, Center for American Progress, 22 July 2009
- Afghan Taliban top leaders, The Long War Journal, 23 February 2010
Media
Source: Faces
of Pakistan's militant leaders: In depth profiles of major militant
commanders, Center for American Progress, 22 July 2009
