Zakir Rashid Bhat

Zakir Rashid Bhat is a new Hizbul Mujahideen commander in Kashmir. He was appointed the Commander after the death of former commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Burhan Muzaffar Wani, which lead the 2016 Kashmir Unrest. He issued his first video in Kashmir in August, 2016.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] He belongs to the new breed of tech savvy, well educated militants who joined the armed struggle after 2010 kashmir unrest.^[5]

Background

The Hizb had earlier named one Mehmood Ghaznavi as Wani’s successor but many believe it to be an alias of Bhat, who is said to be around 22 years age.Zakir Rashid Bhat was born in Noorpura, Tral area in south kashmir to Abdul Rashid Bhat,a senior engineer with state government.He was a student of civil engineering in Chandigarh before he returned to his ancestral village Noorpura in Pulwama^[5] in 2013 for a vacation and joined the Hizbul Mujahideen, the only surviving Kashmir-based militant group.^[6]

References

↑ "Burhan Wani 'successor' posts video, seeks support of Kashmiris". 18 August 2016.
↑ "Hizbul Mujahideen projects Zakir Rashid Bhat as militant Burhan Wani's successor in Kashmir - News Nation". 18 August 2016.
↑ "How different is Hizul Mujahideen's Zakir Rashid than his predecessor Burhan Wani ? - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". 18 August 2016.
↑ "Hizbul Mujahideen projects Zakir Rashid Bhat as Wani's successor". 18 August 2016.
1 2 "Kashmir's disturbing new reality - the young militants of Kashmir".
↑ "Ex-engineering student emerges as Wani's successor in Hizbul video". 17 August 2016.

War on Terror

War in Afghanistan • Iraq War • War in North-West Pakistan • Symbolism of terrorism

Participants

Operational	ISAF Operation Enduring Freedom participants Afghanistan Northern Alliance Iraq (Iraqi Armed Forces) NATO Pakistan United Kingdom United States European Union Philippines Ethiopia

Targets	al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant al-Nusra Front Khorasan Abu Sayyaf Anwar al-Awlaki Al-Shabaab Hamas Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Hezbollah Hizbul Mujahideen Islamic Courts Union Jaish-e-Mohammed Jemaah Islamiyah Lashkar-e-Taiba Taliban Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

Conflicts

Operation Enduring Freedom	War in Afghanistan OEF – Philippines Georgia Train and Equip Program Georgia Sustainment and Stability OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara Drone strikes in Pakistan

Other	Operation Active Endeavour Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Insurgency in the North Caucasus Moro conflict in the Philippines Iraq War Iraqi insurgency Operation Linda Nchi Terrorism in Saudi Arabia War in North-West Pakistan War in Somalia (2006–09) 2007 Lebanon conflict al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Military intervention against ISIL Operation Inherent Resolve War in Afghanistan (2015–present) Operation Resolute Support

See also

Terrorism portal
War portal

Kashmir separatist movement

Political parties	All Parties Hurriyat Conference All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party Jammu Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party United Kashmir People's National Party

Separatist organisations	Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (Yasin Malik) Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Hizbul Mujahideen Lashkar-e-Taiba Jaish-e-Mohammed Harkat-ul-Mujahideen Harkat-ul-Ansar

Separatists	Afzal Guru Amanullah Khan (JKLF) Ashiq Hussain Faktoo Asiya Andrabi Ayub Thakur Abdullah Yusuf Azzam Burhan Muzaffar Wani Farooq Ahmed Dar Hafiz Saeed Hashim Qureshi Maqbool Bhat Masood Azhar Masarat Alam Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Mohammad Abbas Ansari Muhammad Ahsan Dar Sayeed Salahudeen Sheikh Abdul Aziz Syed Ali Shah Geelani Yasin Malik

History	Treaty of Amritsar (1846) Kashmir conflict Kashmir war Amarnath land transfer controversy 2008 Kashmir unrest 2010 Kashmir unrest Sopore massacre Ramban firing incident 2016 Kashmir unrest

Nationalism	Kashmiriyat

Elections	Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 2014

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