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Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) : 2019
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January - 3 
Three militants were killed and a soldier was injured in an encounter in Tral area of Pulwama District on January 3, reports Daily Excelsior. The slain militants were identified as Zubair Ahmad Bhat alias Abu Huraira, Shakoor Ahmad Parray alias Jaffa
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Three militants were killed and a soldier was injured in an encounter in Tral area of Pulwama District on January 3, reports Daily Excelsior. The slain militants were identified as Zubair Ahmad Bhat alias Abu Huraira, Shakoor Ahmad Parray alias Jaffar, and Tawseef Ahmad Thoker alias Abu Talha (all of them local residents). According to Police sources, it was a combined group of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM). Zubair was affiliated with JeM while Shakoor and Tawseef were affiliated with HM. Zubair and Tawseef were active since May last year (2018) while Shakoor joined militancy in October 2017. Security Forces (SFs) recovered incriminating materials including arms and ammunition from the site of encounter. The arms include one AK-47 rifle, one SLR and one pistol.
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January - 5 
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was injured in a gunfight with the militants in Aripal village of Tral in Pulwama District on January 5 while militants fled away, reports Daily Excelsior. According to sources, a massive search operation
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A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was injured in a gunfight with the militants in Aripal village of Tral in Pulwama District on January 5 while militants fled away, reports Daily Excelsior. According to sources, a massive search operation was launched by Security Forces (SFs) in Aripal area on January 5. The holed-up militants fired on SFs during searches of the village, triggering an encounter. Sources said that 2-3 militants including Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) ‘commander’, Hammad Khan, were initially believed to be trapped in the area. The house in which they were trapped was raised to rubble and security forces believed that they had killed one of the militants but no body was recovered from the debris of the house. SFs late in the evening again conducted searches of the nearby houses but no militant was found. The operation was later called off.
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January - 5 
Police busted a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)module involved in purchase and supply of arms and ammunition to the outfit to carry out terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir by seizing a truck and arresting two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of HM at Lakhanp
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Police busted a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)module involved in purchase and supply of arms and ammunition to the outfit to carry out terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir by seizing a truck and arresting two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of HM at Lakhanpur in Kathua District on January 5 night, reports Daily Excelsior.A sum of INR 71,000 belonging to the banned terror outfit of HM was recovered, Police said, adding that two OGWs of HM were arrested from the truck.They were identified as Nissar Ahmed and Aaqib (driver), both residents of Chersoo in Awantipora in Pulwama District.
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January - 7 
The 22-year old militant Umer Fayaz Lone alias Hamaad Khan who reportedly escaped from an encounter has emerged as the new face of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)in the restive Tral township of Pulwama District, reports Greater Kashmir on January 8.Hailing f
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The 22-year old militant Umer Fayaz Lone alias Hamaad Khan who reportedly escaped from an encounter has emerged as the new face of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)in the restive Tral township of Pulwama District, reports Greater Kashmir on January 8.Hailing from Seer hamlet, Khan joined the outfit in 2016. But it was in December 2017 he hit the headlines when his picture brandishing an automatic light machine gun (LMG) went viral on the social media. Post 2016 when HM lost all senior militants in its ranks from Tral including face of the militancy Burhan Wani, Khan, according to a senior Police official ‘kept the outfit intact in the town.’ “That was the time when Hizb was on verge of getting wiped out from the area but he (Khan) maintained a very low profile and kept his small group intact. The emergence of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)outfit in the town also took the focus away from Hizb,” said the Police official. The data about militants who were killed from Tral in recent times is also an indication towards the low-key strategy adopted by HM in Tral, the hometown of slain militant‘commander’ Burhan Wani. In 2017 while number of HM militants killed in Tral was five, in 2018 the outfit did not lose any militant from the area.Superintendent of Police Awantipora, Mohammad Zahid Malik, termed “chain of over ground workers” of HM in Tral as reason for fewer losses to the outfit compared to other militant groups.“Besides, they get good monetary support and shelter in Tral which clearly helps them to hide and reduce their movement,” the SP said.As per sources, Khan was inducted as Over Ground Worker (OGW) by Burhan. Three months before Burhan’s death Khan joined the militant ranks. He is the lone militant in Tral who was recruited directly by Burhan
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January - 12 
Two Al Badr militants including its ‘chief commander’were killed in an encounter at Katpora area of Kulgam District on January 12, reports Daily Excelsior.The operation was launched following specific inputs about the presence of the group of militan
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Two Al Badr militants including its ‘chief commander’were killed in an encounter at Katpora area of Kulgam District on January 12, reports Daily Excelsior.The operation was launched following specific inputs about the presence of the group of militants led by Al Badr ‘chief commander’Zeenat ul Islam Shah alias Dr Usman (29) and including a Pakistani were hiding in the village.As the Security Forces (SFs) were conducting searches of the village, militants fired at them and tried to flee from the cordon but SFs fired back, leading to a gun battle.A senior Army officer said that two militants were killed in the gun battle and Zeent-ul Islam Shah of Chilipora in Shopian was among them. The second militant was identified as Shakeel Ahmad Dar alias Faisal of Chilipora in Shopian. Sources said that so far two bodies were recovered and SFs believed two more including a Pakistani were hiding in the village and their fate is not known.“Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter”, Police spokesman said. Zeenat, was earlier affiliated with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)outfit and later he joined AlBadr militant outfit. He was recruited in HM in November 2015, and was considered an expert in Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).Zeenat was first arrested in 2008, and was booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for being an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of AlBadr. He was also in touch with different outfits and was working as an OGW for their members, arranging them food and supplies.After his release in 2011, he initially worked with his father and got married before joining Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). His father is an Imam in the local Masjid.He was one of the main accused in the Shopian attack which took place on February 23, 2017 when militants ambushed Army patrol in MuluChitragam area of the district which left three soldiers were killed.Zeenat was among the three surviving most wanted militants in South Kashmir after Zakir Rashid Bhatt alias Zakir Musa and Reyaz Ahmad Naikooalias Zubair.The last year (2017), when Al-Badr started gaining ground in Kashmir, Zeenat ul Islam left HM and joined AlBadr as the ‘chief commander’ of the outfit, which is mainly operational in Shopian District of South Kashmir.
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January - 14 
Police arrested a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, identified as Sarfaraz along with arms and ammunition during the searches in Ajas area of Bandipora village in Bandipora District on January 14, reports Daily Excelsior.
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Police arrested a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, identified as Sarfaraz along with arms and ammunition during the searches in Ajas area of Bandipora village in Bandipora District on January 14, reports Daily Excelsior.
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January - 17 
Security Forces (SFs) arrested a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, identified as Mubarak Ahmad Dar during an operation in Chahlan village of Kulgam District on January 17, reports Daily Excelsior. Dar, who left home in October, 2018 was reported miss
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Security Forces (SFs) arrested a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, identified as Mubarak Ahmad Dar during an operation in Chahlan village of Kulgam District on January 17, reports Daily Excelsior. Dar, who left home in October, 2018 was reported missing by his family. However, he had joined militancy and was active in the area since then, they added.
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January - 21 
Three Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants, identified as killed militants as Manzoor Ahmad Kar, Shahid Baba and Hilal Ahmad (all local residents) were killed in an encounter at Hapatnar forests in Charar-e-Sharief area of Budgam District on January 21,
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Three Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants, identified as killed militants as Manzoor Ahmad Kar, Shahid Baba and Hilal Ahmad (all local residents) were killed in an encounter at Hapatnar forests in Charar-e-Sharief area of Budgam District on January 21, reports Daily Excelsior. As the Security Forces (SFs) intensified the combing operation, militants hiding in the area opened fire triggering off a gunfight in which three militants were killed. Later, bodies of the three slain militants were recovered along with arms and ammunition.
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January - 29 
Contrary to the official narrative that militancy in the Valley is confined to just four south Kashmir Districts, an insurgency is widespread in Kashmir, with nine out of 10 Districts affected by terrorism last year (2018), reports The New Indian Exp
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Contrary to the official narrative that militancy in the Valley is confined to just four south Kashmir Districts, an insurgency is widespread in Kashmir, with nine out of 10 Districts affected by terrorism last year (2018), reports The New Indian Express. South Kashmir, comprising four Districts of Anantnag, Shopian, Kulgam and Pulwama, which have emerged as the stronghold of terrorists after the killing of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) ‘commander’ Burhan Wani on July 8, 2016, witnessed 127 militant killings in 2018. Shopian District topped the list with 43 militant killings followed by 39 in Pulwama, 30 in Anantnag and 15 in Kulgam. North Kashmir, comprising three Districts of Kupwara, Baramulla and Bandipora witnessed 93 insurgent killings in encounters with Security Forces (SFs) in 2018. The Kupwara District topped with 52 militant killings followed by Baramulla with 27 and Bandipora with 14. Among the militants killed in north Kashmir was PhD scholar Mannan Wani, who had joined the HM in January 2018. He was killed in a gunfight with SFs in the border district of Kupwara on October 11, 2018. According to Police data, 16 militants were killed in encounters with SFs in Srinagar District in 2018 while six more militants including Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)’s Kashmir ‘chief’ Naveed Jatt alias Abu Hanzalla, who had escaped from Police captivity in Srinagar hospital in February 2018, were killed in the gunfights with SFs in Budgam District. Another central Kashmir District of Ganderbal did not witness any encounter or militant killings. Although a HM militant of the District, who was PhD scholar and Assistant Professor of University of Kashmir, Rafi Bhat, was killed on May 6, a day after joining HM. Many top ‘commanders’ of the LeT, HM, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind were among those killed in south Kashmir in 2018. All three north Kashmir districts are connected to Line of Control (LoC) with some sectors. Militants, mostly Pakistanis, attempting to infiltrate from these sectors every year. Bandipora was once the stronghold of pro-Government gunmen but now has emerged as a support base for Pakistani militants, the report said.
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