| NOUN | group | Harkat ul-Ansar, Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors | an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s |
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| Meaning | An Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan. | |
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| Synonyms | Harkat-ul-Mujahidin, HUM, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors | |
| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
| Instance of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
| Region | Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, West Pakistan | A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley |
| Spanish | HUA | |
| Catalan | Harkat-ul-Ansar | |
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