Word: badr
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...talk peace with New Delhi. Still, there may be elements in his security forces that oppose such a dialogue. Indeed, while Hizbul remains a predominantly Kashmiri organization that is mostly nationalist in character, its rivals, such as Lakshar-e-Toiba (suspected of being behind Tuesday's massacre), Al Badr, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and others are essentially Pakistani organizations, whose members include large number of Punjabis and Afghanis committed to a "jihad" against India. And the fact that they may have some support in Pakistani security circles to act in defiance of Islamabad's wishes has to worry Musharraf...