Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has made major inroads since it was founded two years ago after a split within the fragmented Pakistan TalibanThe bombing of Lahore’s most current park is the bloodiest attempt yet by a new Islamic extremist faction to establish itself as the most aggressive and violent of the many such groups active in Pakistan. The target was the country’s long-beleaguered Christian community,according to a credible claim of responsibility from Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a group founded approximately two years ago after a split within the fragmented movement known as the Pakistan Taliban.
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Source: theguardian.com