Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), founded by Amanullah Khan and Maqbool Bhat, is a Kashmiri nationalist organization founded in Birmingham, UK on May 29, 1977. From then until 1994 it was an active terrorist organization with branches in several cities and towns of the UK, and in several other countries of Europe, USA and Middle East. In 1982 branches were established in Azad Kashmir and in 1987 in Jammu & Kashmir.
JKLF seeks independence of Jammu and Kashmir state from both India and Pakistan. The JKLF claims that they are not Islamist, but are nationalist, and opposes the emergence of the territories into either Pakistan or India but rather wants the region of Kashmir to separate from the three countries and become independent.
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