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Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM)(Army of Mohammed)

Jaish-e-Mohammad intends to liberate Kashmir from India and unite it with Pakistan. Its objectives also include the 'destruction' of America and India. Like the HuM, the HuJI and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), JeM projects Jammu and Kashmir as the gateway to India and retains the ambition to liberate Muslims in other parts of India after the liberation of Kashmir, in the subsequent phase of its jihad. For this purpose it aims to work for unification of various Kahmiri militant groups. Its agenda on jihad also includes taking control of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and other religious sites in Amritsar in Punjab and New Delhi. JeM believes in broadening the struggle by taking the battle to the people of India. Its strategy also envisions carrying out attacks deep inside India rather than focusing only on Kashmir.