Publication

This publication looks at Zakir Musa's life – a commander of the Hizb-ul Mujahideen (HM), and founder of the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), which is an affiliate of al Qaeda. The text’s author contends that contrary to media headlines, Zakir Musa was not the ‘most wanted militant’ in Kashmir valley. With an aim to set up a caliphate, Musa led an immensely forgettable militancy, which had no stakeholders. His death, however, has been a blow to global jihadists' attempt to find a base in Kashmir.