Haji Namdar Group

Haji Namdar Group (HNG), also known as Suppression of Vice and Promotion of Virtue and Local Taliban Movement, is a designated terrorist organisation in Pakistan.

For Saudi Arabia's religious police, see Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Saudi Arabia).

In 1991, Haji Namdar left Tirah and moved to Saudi Arabia. Upon his return in 2003, he founded the Haji Namdar Group, enforcing Taliban-interpreted Islamic law. The Pakistani government designated HNG as a terrorist organisation on 30 June 2008. Namdar was assassinated on 13 August 2008, allegedly by militants loyal to Baitullah Mehsud.[1][2]

References
  1. "Names of 61 banned outfits in Pakistan, JuD under observation". Dispatch News Desk. December 18, 2015.
  2. "Pakistan militant leader killed". BBC News. 13 August 2008.
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