The Ghazi Force was a Pakistani

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formed following the 2007

Lal Masjid siege The siege of Lal Masjid ( ur, , code-named Operation Sunrise) was a confrontation in July 2007 between Islamist students & fundamentalist militants and the Government of Pakistan, led by President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shauk ...

, in which Pakistani government troops stormed a major mosque and ''madrassa'' in

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. The government's assault on the mosque inflamed the sentiments of conservative and religious elements in Lahore, and the Ghazi Force was formed by Maulana Niaz Raheem, who recruited the relatives of the militants who were killed in the siege. The group derived its name from Maulana Abdul Rashid Ghazi, who was also killed in the fighting.The Ghazi Force:Vengeful new militant group emerges in Pakistan
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Current

The Ghazi Force merged with the

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in 2008 and established its headquarters in

Orakzai Agency Orakzai District ( ps, اورکزو ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Kohat Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas. With the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakh ...

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. It also claimed responsibility for a blast near

Lal Masjid Lal Masjid or Red Mosque may refer to: * Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque, Pettah, Sri Lanka *Lal Masjid, Islamabad, Pakistan **Siege of Lal Masjid The siege of Lal Masjid ( ur, , code-named Operation Sunrise) was a confrontation in July 2007 between ...

on 6 July 2008 that killed 18 policemen and a civilian.

References

{{reflist Organisations designated as terrorist by Pakistan Jihadist groups in Pakistan Terrorism in Pakistan Student religious organisations in Pakistan Student organizations established in 2007