Despite Jamiat ul-Mujahedin's inability to usurp power from Jammu and Kashmir's major terrorist groups, JuM has maintained significant forces to continue its terrorist attacks.  JuM concentrates its operations against India's military forces in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) was formed by Pakistan's intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in 1994.  JKIF is an offshoot of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), a major Kashmiri separatist organization which gradually disappeared as ISI established its own connections in Kashmir and recruited JKLF members for its own purposes.  JKIF had ties to the mafia through ISI and used underground connections to smuggle explosives and weaponry in and out of Kashmir. <p><br /><br />JKIF was a Kashmiri separatist group which strives for allowing the residents of Jammu and Kashmir to vote in a plebiscite on the issue of Kashmir's status, although the group is clearly in favor of Pakistani control over the area.  JKIF opposed moderate approaches and threatened other Kashmiri groups that considered getting involved in provincial elections.  The group was radically militant and responsible for large explosions in crowded sections of major urban areas in India. <p><br /><br />JKIF is now defunct.  Although the group attempted to reorganize on a few occasions starting in 2002, it has not been able to do so.  This inability to reform is largely due to the passing of the 2001 Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, which grants Indian authorities significant leeway in arresting suspected terrorists.  As a result, a concerted effort to arrest members of JKIF after it was banned by the Indian government has created significant problems for JKIF.

Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front is no longer active.

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti

The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti is a left-wing extremist group operating in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state.  Officially created in July 1992, Janashakti was formed from a merger of seven small left-wing organizations who had split off from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).  The reason for the split, as given by Janashakti, was that CPI (M-L) was not sufficiently revolutionary in their methods, and had acceded to the demands of larger ruling parties. <P><br /><br />Janashakti is like many leftist organizations in India; their philosophy is an amalgam of many different strands of communist thought. Although the group's name implies Marxist-Leninist philosophy as being paramount, Janashakti also embraces Maoist doctrine and are often referred to as a "Maoist" group in the Indian press.  The group's stated goals are revolution and implementation of a communist government in India. <P>  <br /><br />Although the group originally employed legal methods and put out candidates for the Andhra Pradesh assembly, a series of schisms and withdrawals from the organization led to a radicalization within party ranks.  By the late 1990s, Janashakti was solely a militant outfit, dedicated to violent struggle and the boycott of elections.  <P><br /><br />Since that time, Janashakti members have been responsible for numerous acts of violence in Andhra Pradesh, including assassination of political leaders, murder of police officers, bombings, and arson.  In October 2004, the Andhra Pradesh government initiated peace talks with several Maoist groups, including Janashakti.  The talks were ultimately a failure, and Janashakti resumed its attacks on the state.  <P><br />