Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Following this, the organization committed itself to a political struggle in order to achieve its objective of independence for the entire region of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from both India and Pakistan.[5][6] Despite having received support in the form of weapons and training from the Pakistani military,[7] it regards Pakistan as an 'occupation power' and carries out a political struggle against it in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.[8] The JKLF in the Kashmir Valley was officially banned by the Indian government under an anti-terror law passed in March 2019—one month after the Pulwama attack by Jaish-e-Mohammed.The duo had earlier formed Jammu Kashmir National Liberation Front (NLF) in the late 1960s, along with Hashim Qureshi.The group carried out the hijacking of Ganga, an Indian Airlines plane flying from Srinagar to Jammu, in January 1971, and diverted it to Lahore.The Pakistani government returned all the passengers and crew to India, and subsequently tried the hijackers and several members of NLF on charges of being Indian agents.[16] However, on 3 February 1984, members of the National Liberation Army kidnapped the Indian diplomat Ravindra Mhatre in Birmingham and demanded the release of Maqbool Bhat as ransom.India executed Maqbool Bhat six days later, turning him into a martyr and giving JKLF the visibility it lacked earlier.The Islamist attacks that ensued on Kashmiri Pandits, liberal women in general, liquor shops and beauty parlours were never condemned by the JKLF."[26] By 1992, the majority of the JKLF militants were killed or captured and they were yielding ground to pro-Pakistan guerilla groups such as the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, strongly backed by the Pakistani military authorities.[30] The JKLF split into two factions after the group based in Indian-administered Kashmir led by Yasin Malik publicly renounced violence in 1995."[33]After the December 2001 attack on Indian Parliament, Amanullah's name figured in the list of 20 wanted terrorists[34] India provided to Pakistan to be extradited for various terrorism-related offences.In January 2002, Amanullah Khan offered to surrender to Indian authorities provided an "international court issued a verdict against him".Lately Tahir Mir, former chief of Students Liberation Front, too parted ways with Malik and joined JKLF headed by Farooq Papa.