List of movements/Militant and/or Criminal Groups/Asia

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Afghanistan

Active

Pro-Govt

Anti-Govt

Historical

Nasrullah Khan Forces (1919)
Amanullah Khan Forces (1919)
Saqqawists (1924 - 1931)
Ali Ahmad Khan Forces (1929)
Mohammed Nadir Shah Forces (1929)
Mohammed Daoud Khan Forces (1973)
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (1975 - 2016)
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (1978)
Afghanistan Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front (1979 - 1986)
- Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan (1977 - 1989)
- Afghan National Liberation Front (1978 - 1988)
- Afghanistan Liberation Organization (1979 - 1986)
- Islamic Revolution Movement (1979 - 1989)
Hezb-i Islami Khalis (1979 - 1989)
Ittehad-e Islami (1979 - 1989)
National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (1979 - 1989)
Harakat-i Islami (1979 - 1989)
Shura Council (1979 - 1989)
Maktab al-Khidamat (1984 - 1989)
Sazman-i Nasr (1987 - 1989)
Union of Islamic Fighters (1987 - 1989)
Khost Protection Force (2001 - 2021)

Bangladesh

Cambodia

Active

National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia

Historical

Khmer Issarak (1944 - 1954)
- Committee of Liberation of the Southeast (1948 - 1962)
- Khmer Issarak Association (1950 - 1953)
- People’s Liberation Central Committee (1950 - 1953)
- United Issarak Front (1950 - 1954)
Khmer People's Liberation Committee (1948 - 1949)
Khmer National Liberation Committee (1949 - 1953/1954)
Royal Khmer Armed Forces (1953 - 1970)
Khmer Serei (1959 - 1979)
Liberation Front of Kampuchea Krom (1964 - 1974)
United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (1964 - 1992)
Khmer National Armed Forces (1970 - 1975)
Royal Government of the National Union of Kampuchea (1970 - 1976)
- National United Front of Kampuchea (1970 - 1975)
- Khmer Rumdo (1970 - 1975)
Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation (1978 - 1981)
- Kampuchea People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (1979 - 1993)
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (1982 - 1993)
- Khmer Rouge (1951 - 1999)
  - Liberation Army of Kampuchea (1975 - 1979)
- Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces (1979 - 1993)

China

Active

Historical

Three Guards (1042-1039 BCE)
Shang Loyalists (1042-1039 BCE)
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's Army (209-208 BCE)
Liu Bang's Army (206 BCE)
Seven States (154 BCE)
Lülin (17-25)
Red Eyebrows (17-27)
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (142-215)
Yellow Turban Army (184-205)
Heishan Bandit Confederacy (185-205)
Sun En's Army (399-403)
Yan (756-763)
Ch'iu Fu's Army (859-860)
Wang Xianzhi's Army (875-884)
Qi (875-884)
Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun's Army (993-995)
White Lotus (1200s-1945)
- Red Turban Army (1351-1368)
Wokou (1540s-1567)
Shun (1630-1645)
Xi (1630-1647)
Kingdom of Tungning (1661-1683)
Three Feudatories (1673-1681)
Small Swords Society (1850-1855)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864)
- Flower Flag Force (1856-1864)
Nian Militia (1851-1868)
- Henan Army (1851-1868)
- Army of the Taipings (1851-1868)
- Five Banner Alliance (1856-1858)
Red Turban Army (1854-1856)
- Dacheng Kingdom Army (1856-1861)
Pingnan Guo (1856-1873)
Black Flag Army (1860s-1885)
Yettishar (1865-1877)
Revive China Society (1894-1905)
Society of Righteous Harmonious Fists (1898-1901)
Independence Army (1900)
Heavenly Kingdom of the Great Mingshun (1903)
Huaxinghui (1904-1905)
Guangfuhui (1904-1905)
Tongmenghui (1905-1912)
Yellow Sand Society (1908-1980)
Women's Revolutionary Army (1911-1912)
Fengtian Clique (1911-1928)
Shanxi Clique (1911-1949)
Yunnan Clique (1911-1949)
Ma Clique (1911-1950)
Xinjiang Clique (1912-1934)
Sichuan Clique (1912-1938)
Anhui Clique (1916-1926)
Old Guangxi Clique (1916-1924)
Guizhou Clique (1916-1935)
Zhili Clique (1916-1927)
Red Spear Society (1920s-1953)
Spirit Soldiers (1920-1926)
New Guangxi Clique (1923-1949)
First United Front (1923-1927)
Guominjun (1924-1934)
Young Kashgar Party (1933-1934)
Second United Front (1936-1945)
Tibet Improvement Party (1939-1950)
Chushi Gangdruk (1958-1974)
East Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party (1969-1989)
United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan (1969-2001)
East Turkestan Liberation Organization (2000-2003)
First United Front (1923-1927)

Collaborators

Manchukuo Imperial Army (1932-1945)
Mengjiang National Army (1936-1945)
Collaborationist Chinese Army (1937-1945)

Resistance

- Big Swords Society
  - Northeastern Volunteer Righteous and Brave Fighters (1931-1932)
  - Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army (1932)
- Jilin Self-Defence Army (1931-1932)
- Northeastern People's Revolutionary Army (1931-1940)
- Anti-Japanese Army for the Salvation of the Country (1931-1942)
- Heilungkiang National Salvation Army (1932)
- Northeast Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army (1932)
- Chinese People's National Salvation Army (1932-1938)
- Northeastern Loyal and Brave Army (1932-1938)
- Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (1935-1945)
- Second United Front (1936-1945)
  - Chinese Red Army (1928-1945)
    - Eighth Route Army (1937-1947)
    - New Fourth Army (1937-1947)
  - National Revolutionary Army (1924-1947)
- East River Column (1939-1942)
  - Hong Kong Kowloon Brigade (1942-1943)
- British Army Aid Group (1942-1945)

India

Anti-Government

Naxalites^[1]

Tamil Tigers

Pro-Government

Salwa Judum (Peace March/Purification Hunt) (2005 - 2011)
Kuer Sena (1979 - 1990s)
Ranvir Sena (1994 - 2000)
Bhumi Sena (1982 - 1990)
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Jaish-e-Mohammed
Hizbul Mujahideen
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind
Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami
Liwa Zainebiyoun
Al-Badr
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Hind Province
Khalistan Liberation Force
Babbar Khalsa
Khalistan Commando Force (until 2011)
Dal Khalsa
United Liberation Front of Asom
Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (until 2021)
National Democratic Front of Boroland (until 2020)
Dima Halam Daogah (until 2013)
United People's Democratic Solidarity (until 2014)
Kamtapur Liberation Organisation
Bodo Liberation Tigers Force
Adivasi Cobra Force
Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam
National Socialist Council of Nagaland
Naga National Council (1946 - 1956)
Bru National Liberation Front
Hmar People's Convention-Democracy
Mizo National Front (1966)
Kuki National Organization
- Kuki National Army
Zomi Revolutionary Army
People’s United Liberation Front
Maoist Communist Party of Manipur
Coordination Committee
- Kangleipak Communist Party
- Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup
- People's Liberation Army of Manipur
- People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak
- United National Liberation Front
Hmar People's Convention
National Liberation Council of Taniland
Garo National Liberation Army
United Liberation Front of Asom
Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council

Indonesia

Active

Defunct

Iran

Iraq

Pro-Government

Popular Mobilization Forces

Pro-KRG

ISIS and their associates

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Pro-PKK

Ba'ath Party Loyalists

Defunct

Israel

Haganah (1920-1949)
Irgun (1931-1948)
Lehi/Stern Gang (1940-1948)
Mahal (1939-1948)
Army of the Holy War (1947-1949)
Arab Liberation Army (1947-1948)
Central Committee of National Jihad in Palestine (1937-1939)
Black Hand (1930-1935)

Japan

Defunct

Japanese Red Army (1971-2001)
East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front (1972-1975)

Laos

Historical

Red Flags (1865 - 1890)
Striped Flags (1865 - 1890)
Lao Issara (1945 - 1949)
Lao People's Liberation Army / Pathet Lao (1950 - 1975)
Royal Lao Armed Forces (1959 - 1975)
Neutralist Armed Forces (1960 - 1970)
Patriotic Neutralists (1963 - 1974)
United Front for the Liberation of Laos (1975 - 1990s)
Hmong insurgents (1975 - 2008)
Lao National Liberation Front (1980 - 1990s)
- Royal Lao Democratic Government (1982)

Malaysia

Active

Historical

Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (1941-1945)
Malayan National Liberation Army (1948 - 1960, 1968 - 1989)
- 10th Malay Regiment
North Kalimantan National Army (1956 - 1990)
Communist Party of Indonesia (1963 - 1966)
People's Liberation Army of Thailand (1968 - 1983)
Sarawak People's Guerilla Force (1971 - 1990)
North Kalimantan People's Army (1971 - 1990)
Malaysian Mujahideen Movement (1990s - 2014)
Hai San Secret Society (1820s-unknown)
Al-Aqram (1994-unknown)^[2]

Myanmar

Pro-Govt

Anti-Govt

Historical

Pro-Government

Kachin Defense Army (1961-2010)
New Democratic Army – Kachin (1989-2009)
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (1994-2010)

Anti-Government

Burmese Mujahideen (1948-1954)
Shan United Revolutionary Army (1960-1996)
Shan State Army (1964-1975)
Rohingya Liberation Army (1972-1974)
Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front (1986-1996)
Shan State National Army (1995-2005)
God's Army (1997-2006)
Rohingya National Army (1998-2001)
Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors (1999-2013)
Monland Restoration Army (2001-2012)

Collaborators

Burma Independence Army (1941-1942)
Arakan Defense Army (1941-1944)
Chin Defense Army (1941-1944)
Burma Defence Army (1942-1943)
Burma National Army (1943-1944)

Resistance

Anti-Fascist Organisation (1944-1945)
- People's Liberation Army of Burma (1941-1945)
- Burma National Army (1944-1945)
- Patriotic Burmese Forces (1945)

Pakistan

Philippines

Active

Defunct groups

Syria

Pro-Govt

Active

Defunct

FSA

Active

Defunct

Shields of the Revolution Council (2013-2014)
The White Shroud (2014-???)

Salafi Jihadists

Active

Defunct

Fatah al-Islam (2012-2013)
Ghuraba al-Sham (2013)
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (2013)
Caucasus Emirate (2011-2017)
Muhajirin wa-Ansar Alliance (2014-2015)
- Liwaa al-Umma (2012-2015)
Jama'at Ansar al-Furqan in Bilad al Sham (2017)
Rouse the Believers Operations Room (2018-2020)

Rojava

Active

Defunct

Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa (2012-2018)
KDP Peshmerga (2014-2015)
Revolutionary Headquarters (2014-2017)
Syrian National Resistance (2016-2017)
Elite Forces (2016-???)
International Revolutionary People's Guerrilla Forces (2017-2018)
- The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army (2017-2018)

ISIL

Active

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Khalid ibn al-Walid Army
- Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi

Defunct

Liwa Dawud (2012-2014)
Group of the One and Only (2012-2016)
Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade (2012-2016)
Islamic Muthanna Movement (2012-2016)
Dokumacılar (2013-2017)
Jund al-Aqsa (2014-2017)
Jaysh al-Jihad (2015-2016)

Sri Lanka

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (1976-2009)

Thailand

Active

Malaccan Pirates
National Revolutionary Front (after 2001)
- BRN-Koordinasi
- National Revolutionary Front (1963 - 2001)
Runda Kumpulan Kecil
Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement
Islamic Liberation Front of Patani (after 2002)
- Islamic Liberation Front of Patani (1986 - 2002)
File:PULO.png Patani United Liberation Organisation
- Four Star PULO
- File:5StarPULO.png Five Star PULO
Jemaah Islamiyah
United Mujahideen Front of Pattani
Mayaki Cartel
Xaysana Cartel
Usman Cartel
Oil Smuggling Networks

Historical

Red Flags (1865 - 1890)
Striped Flags (1865 - 1890)
Khana Ratsadon (1926 - 1947)
National Salvation Group (1933)
Free Thai Movement (1941 - 1945)
People's Liberation Army of Thailand (1942 - 1990s)
National Liberation Front of Patani (1947 - 1986)
Lao People's Liberation Army/Pathet Lao (1950 - 1975)
Khmer Rouge (1951 - 1978)
Malayan National Liberation Army (1965 - 1983)
Kampuchea People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (1979 - 1993)
Malaysian Mujahideen Movement (1990s - 2014)

Turkey

Defunct

Peace at Home Council (2016)^[4]
Revolutionary Headquarters (2009 - 2017)
Revolutionary Path (1977 - 1985)
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (1975 - 1997)
People's Liberation Army of Turkey (1970 - 1972)
People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey (1970 - 1972)
Revolutionary Youth Federation of Turkey (1965 - 1980)

Vietnam

Active

Historical

Trịnh lords (1545 - 1787)
Nguyễn lords (1558 - 1802)
Tây Sơn rebels (1772 - 1777)
Lê Văn Khôi's forces (1833 - 1835)
Black Flag Army (1860s - 1885)
Red Flags (1865 - 1890)
Striped Flags (1865 - 1890)
Hoàng Hoa Thám's forces (1884 - 1913)
Cần Vương movement (1885 - 1896)
Quang Phuc Army (1912 - 1925)
Vietnamese Revolutionary Army (1930)
Nghệ-Tĩnh Soviets (1930 - 1931)
- Regional Committee of Trung Kỳ (1930 - 1931)
- Red Self-Defense Force (1930 - 1931)
Viet Minh (1941 - 1951)
- Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army (1944 - 1945)
- Vietnam Liberation Army (1945)
- Vanguard Youth (1945)
- Vietnam National Defence Army (1945 - 1946)
- Vietnam National Army (1946 - 1950)^[5]
National Union Front (1945 - 1947)
- Action Brigade (1942 - 1946)
- Vietnamese Democratic Socialist Party (1944 - 1947)
Bình Xuyên (1945 - 1960)
Vietnamese National Army (1949 - 1955)
National Revolutionary Committee (1955)
National All-Power United Front (1955)
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (1955 - 1975)
BAJARAKA (1958 - 1960)
National Liberation Front of South Vietnam/Viet Cong (1960 - 1977)
Central Highlands Liberation Front (1961 - 1964)
Front for the Liberation of Champa (1962 - 1964)
Buddhist Monk rebels (1963 - 1966)
Military Revolutionary Council of South Vietnam (1964)
Liberation Front of Kampuchea Krom (1964 - 1974)
United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (1964 - 1992)

Yemen

Pro-Govt

Presidential Leadership Council (since 2022)
- Hadi Loyalists (until 2022)
- Pro-Government General People's Congress
- Yemeni Joint Forces
  - Yemeni National Resistance (since 2017)
  - Tihamah Resistance
  - Southern Giants Brigades
- Southern Movement (2014-2017, since 2022)
  - Southern Transitional Council
    - Security Belt Forces
Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance
Al-Islah
Bani Dhabyan District
Popular Resistance Committees
Pro-Government Popular Committees
Salafist Militias (since 2015)

Pro-Houthi

Supreme Political Council (since 2016)
- Supreme Revolutionary Committee (2015-2016)
- Ansar Allah
- Saleh Loyalists (until 2017)
- Pro-Houthi Popular Committees
- Pro-Houthi General People's Congress
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (allegedly)

Jihadists

Separatists

Southern Movement (2017-2022)
- Southern Transitional Council
  - Security Belt Forces

Notes and References

↑ Naxalites aren't a single organisation, but rather a term for any militant group which claims to be the successor to the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
↑ Al-Aqram is also known for its approach on economics, known as Arqamnomics. The three principles undergirding Arqamnomics were not to seek excessive profits or accumulate wealth, an Islamic economy were based on human energy, natural resources, expertise, knowledge, economic thinking, effort, consistency and prayers and finally, an economy free from riba (interest), monopoly, forbidden sources, unpaid loan, fraud and deception.
↑ Formerly a rebel group, later defected to the pro-govt forces
↑ This is the group responsible for the 2016 Turkish coup attempt. Many have accused it of having ties to the Gülen hareketi (Gülen movement)
↑ not to be confused with the Vietnamese National Army

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