Following continuous setbacks in the terror ranks due to sustained liquidation of ultras, including Hizbul Mujahideen’s Riyaz Naikoo recently, the terror groups have sought to forge an alliance to boost the dwindling morale of the cadres as well as develop fertile atmosphere for the recruitment of gullible youth into the jehadi fold.
In their bid to instil fresh dose of confidence amongst the demoralised cadres the groups have been directed to carry out suicide attacks against the forces and resist the setting up of Hindu colonies following the abrogation of Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu & Kashmir.
Hizbul Mujahideen chief in Valley Gazi Haider has in a statement urged all the Kashmiri fighters of terror groups like Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), Jasih-e-Mohammad (JeM), Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, Tehreek ul Mujahideen, Al Umar Mujahideen, Al Bad and The Resistance Front are directed to do only suicide attacks on the Indian forces.
Everyone is directed to do suicide attacks like Lethpora attack because the forces are not even handing over the bodies of the terrorist killed in the Valley to their families, according to the statement circulated in the Valley, a copy of which has also been recovered by the security agencies.
The Hizbul has also articulated the setting up of Hindu colonies in Kashmir as rallying point to amalgamate cadres of different groups.
While there is no proposal to set up any Hindu colonies as such, the terrorist groups are seeking to amalgamate the cadres amid the continuous reverses at the hands of the security forces by claiming that such colonies pose a challenge to save Islam.
The Hizbul Mujahideen has been at the receiving end among the terrorist groups because of its links with the Indian Army with which it has played friendly cricket matches in the past and has been a major source of inputs for eliminating terror commanders of other groups.
Terror groups like JeM and LeT are also suspicious of the Hizbul’s role in leaking information about its leaders and the ISI had recently plotted to eliminate Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin whose family members have been beneficiaries of government jobs and facilitation from the forces in the Valley.