Will avenge Afzal Guru's execution: Pak militants
February 14, 2013  10:56
Several banned Pakistan-based militant outfits, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), have pledged to take "revenge" for the execution of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru. 

As per reports, the members of the groups, who gathered at the National Press Club for a conference organised by the United Jihad Council to pay tribute to Guru on Wednesday, also vowed to step up their "Jihad" in Jammu & Kashmir. 

With assault rifles in their hands, the members of the United Jihad Council also utilized the opportunity to display their strength while paying tribute to Guru, who was hanged in a Delhi jail on Saturday for his role in the 2001 terror attack on the Parliament. 

Chanting anti-India slogans, leaders of the LeT, JeM, Al Badr Mujahideen, Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and the United Jihad Council made fiery speeches in which they pledged to continue their jihad in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of India. 

This was the first time in the past four years that the banned groups organised a public gathering in the Pakistani capital though they have held low-key meetings in Rawalpindi and Lahore that were opened to sections of the local media.
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