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			\| birth_place = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|J&K]], India
			\| organization = {{flagicon image\|Flag of Al-Umar-Mujahideen.svg}} [[Al-Umar-Mujahideen\|Al-Umar Mujahideen]]<br />{{flagicon image\|Flag of Taliban.svg}} Al-Umar Commando Force<ref>{{Cite web \|year=2012 \|title=al Umar Commando Force \|url=https://trackingterrorism.org/group/al-umar-commando-force/ \|url-access=subscription \|access-date=2024-01-18 \|website=TRAC}}</ref><br />{{flagicon image\|Jaishi-e-Mohammed.svg\|20px}} [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]]<br />{{flagicon image\|Flag of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.svg}} [[Harkat-ul-Ansar]]
			\| party = [[File:Hurriyat Conference Logo.jpg\|25px]] [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference\|Hurriyat Conference]]
			\| otherparty = {{flagicon image\|Flag of the Muslim Brotherhood.png}} [[Muslim Brotherhood\|Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|last=Staniland \|first=Paul \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E75fAwAAQBAJ \|title=Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse \|date=2014-04-18 \|publisher=Cornell University Press \|isbn=978-0-8014-7102-5 \|pages=93 \|language=en}}</ref><br />{{flagicon image\|Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front flag.svg}} [[Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front]] (until 1990)
			\| known_for = kashmiri separatism, [[Jihadism]] and founding of [[Al-Umar-Mujahideen\|Al-Umar Mujahideen]] militant group.<br />[[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed\|kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed]]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=1989 Kidnapping Of Rubaiya Sayeed: Latest News, Videos and Photos of 1989 Kidnapping Of Rubaiya Sayeed {{!}} Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/1989-kidnapping-of-rubaiya-sayeed \|access-date=14 December 2024 \|website=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref><br />Released from jail as part of the [[Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking]] hostage deal.
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			\| criminal_charges = [[Mass murder]], [[Target killing]] and [[Kidnapping]]<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi\|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA117\|page= 117}}</ref>
			\| criminal_penalty = {{ubl\|Life imprisonment (for mass murder)\|Death (for target killing and kidnapping), overturned}}
			\| criminal_status = Wanted by the [[National Investigation Agency]], currently free in Pakistan
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	'''Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar''' (born 1967, also known as '''Mushtaq Latram''') is a [[Kashmiris\|Kashmiri]] militant active in the [[~~Kashmiri~~ insurgency]], and founder of the militant outfit [[Al-Umar-Mujahideen\|Al-Umar ~~Mujahedeen~~]]. He spent considerable time in an Indian prison and was released in the aftermath of the [[Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking]]. He currently lives in Pakistan.		'''Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar''' (born 1967, also known as '''Mushtaq Latram''') is a [[Kashmiris\|Kashmiri]] separatist leader and militant active in the [[Kashmir insurgency]], and founder of the militant outfit [[Al-Umar-Mujahideen\|Al-Umar Mujahideen]]. He spent considerable time in an Indian prison and was released in the aftermath of the [[Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking]]. He currently lives in [[Pakistan]].

	==Early life and career==		==Early life and career==

	Zargar grew up in the [[Nowhatta]] area of [[Srinagar]] in [[Kashmir Valley]]. He joined the [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front]] in 1988, encouraged by its founder [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]], and allegedly left for combat training in [[~~Pakistan-occupied~~ Kashmir]]~~{{Citation needed\|date=March 2019}}~~. He returned to Jammu and Kashmir in 1989.		Zargar grew up in the [[Nowhatta]] area of [[Srinagar]] in the [[Kashmir Valley]]. He joined the [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front]] in 1988, encouraged by its founder [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]], and allegedly left for combat training in [[Azad Kashmir]]. He returned to [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)\|Jammu and Kashmir]] in 1989.

	On 12 December 1989 Zargar was one of the members who carried out [[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed\|kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed]], the daughter of the newly appointed Home Minister of India [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. The kidnappers demanded the release of five of their comrades in exchange for Rubaiya ~~Sayeed’s~~ release. The government accepted their demands.		On 8 December 1989<ref>{{Cite web \|title=1989 Kidnapping Of Rubaiya Sayeed: Latest News, Videos and Photos of 1989 Kidnapping Of Rubaiya Sayeed {{!}} Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/1989-kidnapping-of-rubaiya-sayeed \|access-date=14 December 2024 \|website=The Times of India \|language=en}}</ref> Zargar was one of the members who carried out [[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed\|kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed]], the daughter of the newly appointed Home Minister of India [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. The kidnappers demanded the release of five of their comrades in exchange for Rubaiya Sayeed's release. The government accepted their demands.

	After Wani's death in March 1990, he fell out with Hamid Sheikh and [[Yasin Malik]], Wani's successors, and in 1991 formed his own militant group which he called Al-Umar Mujahideen.		After Wani's death in March 1990, he fell out with Hamid Sheikh and [[Yasin Malik]], Wani's successors, and in 1991 formed his own militant group which he called Al-Umar Mujahideen.

	Over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi\|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA117\|page= 117}}</ref> He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi \|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA105\|page= 105}}</ref> Shortly after Zargar revived Al-Umar Mujahideen in [[Muzaffarabad]].<ref name="url">{{cite web\|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?\|author= Abhinandan Mishra\|date= 2008~~-07-27~~\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928221117/http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|archive-date= 28 September 2008\|access-date= 2008~~-08-04~~\|url-status= dead}}</ref>		Over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi\|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA117\|page= 117}}</ref> He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi \|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA105\|page= 105}}</ref> Shortly after Zargar revived Al-Umar Mujahideen in [[Muzaffarabad]].<ref name="url">{{cite web\|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?\|author= Abhinandan Mishra\|date= 27 July 2008\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928221117/http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|archive-date= 28 September 2008\|access-date= 4 August 2008\|url-status= dead}}</ref>

	Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.dawn.com/news/68149/mujahideen-commander-arrested\| title = Mujahideen commander arrested - Newspaper - DAWN.COM}} </ref> but as of 2007, he was living in Muzaffarabad without any restrictions.{{~~Citation needed~~\|date=~~September 2020~~}}		Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.dawn.com/news/68149/mujahideen-commander-arrested\| title = Mujahideen commander arrested - Newspaper - DAWN.COM\| date = 23 November 2002}}</ref> but as of 2007, he was living in [[Muzaffarabad]] without any restrictions.

			In March 2023, the Indian government declared Zargar an officially designated terrorist and the group Al-Umar-Mujahideen as a terrorist organization.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2023-03-02 \|title=NIA attaches property of Pak-based terrorist Mushtaq Zargar in India \|url=https://www.wionews.com/india-news/nia-attaches-property-of-pak-based-terrorist-mushtaq-zargar-in-india-567588 \|access-date=2024-01-19 \|website=[[WION]] \|language=en-us}}</ref>

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	==Early life and career==		==Early life and career==

	Zargar grew up in the [[Nowhatta]] area of [[Srinagar]] in [[Kashmir Valley]]. He joined the [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front]] in 1988, encouraged by its founder [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]], and allegedly left for combat training in [[~~Azad~~ Kashmir]]{{Citation needed\|date=March 2019}}. He returned to Jammu and Kashmir in 1989.		Zargar grew up in the [[Nowhatta]] area of [[Srinagar]] in [[Kashmir Valley]]. He joined the [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front]] in 1988, encouraged by its founder [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]], and allegedly left for combat training in [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]]{{Citation needed\|date=March 2019}}. He returned to Jammu and Kashmir in 1989.

	On 12 December 1989 Zargar was one of the members who carried out [[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed\|kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed]], the daughter of the newly appointed Home Minister of India [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. The kidnappers demanded the release of five of their comrades in exchange for Rubaiya Sayeed’s release. The government accepted their demands.		On 12 December 1989 Zargar was one of the members who carried out [[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed\|kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed]], the daughter of the newly appointed Home Minister of India [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. The kidnappers demanded the release of five of their comrades in exchange for Rubaiya Sayeed’s release. The government accepted their demands.
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	After Wani's death in March 1990, he fell out with Hamid Sheikh and [[Yasin Malik]], Wani's successors, and in 1991 formed his own militant group which he called Al-Umar Mujahideen.		After Wani's death in March 1990, he fell out with Hamid Sheikh and [[Yasin Malik]], Wani's successors, and in 1991 formed his own militant group which he called Al-Umar Mujahideen.

	Over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi\|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA117\|page= 117}}</ref> He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi \|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA105\|page= 105}}</ref> Shortly after Zargar revived Al-Umar Mujahideen in [[Muzaffarabad]].<ref name="url">{{cite web\|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?\|author= Abhinandan Mishra\|date= 2008-07-27\|archive-url= https://~~www~~.~~webcitation~~.org/~~5ZpRBSYFx?url=~~http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|archive-date= ~~4 August~~ 2008\|access-date= 2008-08-04\|url-status= dead}}</ref>		Over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi\|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA117\|page= 117}}</ref> He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi \|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA105\|page= 105}}</ref> Shortly after Zargar revived Al-Umar Mujahideen in [[Muzaffarabad]].<ref name="url">{{cite web\|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?\|author= Abhinandan Mishra\|date= 2008-07-27\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928221117/http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|archive-date= 28 September 2008\|access-date= 2008-08-04\|url-status= dead}}</ref>

	Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.dawn.com/news/68149/mujahideen-commander-arrested\| title = Mujahideen commander arrested - Newspaper - DAWN.COM}} </ref> but as of 2007, he was living in Muzaffarabad without any restrictions.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2020}}		Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.dawn.com/news/68149/mujahideen-commander-arrested\| title = Mujahideen commander arrested - Newspaper - DAWN.COM}} </ref> but as of 2007, he was living in Muzaffarabad without any restrictions.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2020}}

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	'''Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar''' (born 1967, also known as '''Mushtaq Latram''') is a [[Kashmiris\|Kashmiri]] ~~[[terrorist]]~~ active in the [[Kashmiri insurgency]], and founder of the militant outfit [[Al-Umar-Mujahideen\|Al-Umar Mujahedeen]]. He spent considerable time in an Indian prison and was released in the aftermath of the [[Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking]]. He currently lives in Pakistan.		'''Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar''' (born 1967, also known as '''Mushtaq Latram''') is a [[Kashmiris\|Kashmiri]] militant active in the [[Kashmiri insurgency]], and founder of the militant outfit [[Al-Umar-Mujahideen\|Al-Umar Mujahedeen]]. He spent considerable time in an Indian prison and was released in the aftermath of the [[Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking]]. He currently lives in Pakistan.

	==Early life and career==		==Early life and career==
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	Over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi\|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA117\|page= 117}}</ref> He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi \|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA105\|page= 105}}</ref> Shortly after Zargar revived Al-Umar Mujahideen in [[Muzaffarabad]].<ref name="url">{{cite web\|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?\|author= Abhinandan Mishra\|date= 2008-07-27\|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/5ZpRBSYFx?url=http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|archive-date= 4 August 2008\|access-date= 2008-08-04\|url-status= dead}}</ref>		Over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi\|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA117\|page= 117}}</ref> He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2">{{cite book \|author=Giriraj Shah \|title=Hijacking and terror in sky \|publisher=Anmol \|location=New Delhi \|year=2002 \|isbn=81-261-1090-2 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA105\|page= 105}}</ref> Shortly after Zargar revived Al-Umar Mujahideen in [[Muzaffarabad]].<ref name="url">{{cite web\|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?\|author= Abhinandan Mishra\|date= 2008-07-27\|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/5ZpRBSYFx?url=http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php\|archive-date= 4 August 2008\|access-date= 2008-08-04\|url-status= dead}}</ref>

	Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002<ref>http://www.dawn.com/news/68149/mujahideen-commander-arrested</ref> but as of 2007, he was living in Muzaffarabad without any restrictions.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2020}}		Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.dawn.com/news/68149/mujahideen-commander-arrested\| title = Mujahideen commander arrested - Newspaper - DAWN.COM}} </ref> but as of 2007, he was living in Muzaffarabad without any restrictions.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2020}}

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'''Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar''' (born 1967, also known as '''Mushtaq Latram''') is a [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] [[terrorist]] active in the [[Kashmiri insurgency]], and founder of the militant outfit [[Al-Umar-Mujahideen|Al-Umar Mujahedeen]]. He spent considerable time in an Indian prison and was released in the aftermath of the [[Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking]]. He currently lives in Pakistan.

==Early life and career==

Zargar grew up in the [[Nowhatta]] area of [[Srinagar]] in [[Kashmir Valley]]. He joined the [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front]] in 1988, encouraged by its founder [[Ashfaq Majeed Wani]], and allegedly left for combat training in [[Azad Kashmir]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}. He returned to Jammu and Kashmir in 1989.

On 12 December 1989 Zargar was one of the members who carried out [[1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed|kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed]], the daughter of the newly appointed Home Minister of India [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]. The kidnappers demanded the release of five of their comrades in exchange for Rubaiya Sayeed’s release. The government accepted their demands.

After Wani's death in March 1990, he fell out with Hamid Sheikh and [[Yasin Malik]], Wani's successors, and in 1991 formed his own militant group which he called Al-Umar Mujahideen.

Over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book |author=Giriraj Shah |title=Hijacking and terror in sky |publisher=Anmol |location=New Delhi|year=2002 |isbn=81-261-1090-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA117|page= 117}}</ref> He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2">{{cite book |author=Giriraj Shah |title=Hijacking and terror in sky |publisher=Anmol |location=New Delhi |year=2002 |isbn=81-261-1090-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA105|page= 105}}</ref> Shortly after Zargar revived Al-Umar Mujahideen in [[Muzaffarabad]].<ref name="url">{{cite web|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?|author= Abhinandan Mishra|date= 2008-07-27|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/5ZpRBSYFx?url=http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|archive-date= 4 August 2008|access-date= 2008-08-04|url-status= dead}}</ref>

Zargar was reportedly arrested by Pakistani authorities in 2002<ref>http://www.dawn.com/news/68149/mujahideen-commander-arrested</ref> but as of 2007, he was living in Muzaffarabad without any restrictions.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

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==External links==
* [http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/terrorist_outfits/Al_Umar.htm Profile of Al-Umar Mujahideen]
* [http://www.tkb.org/KeyLeader.jsp?memID=5758 Profile of Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar]

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