Kashmiri rejected orders to serve under Maulana Masood Azhar in the newly founded jihadist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed and was once even targeted by the group . Falling out of favour with the Pakistani military , he was taken into custody and tortured in late 2003 in the wake of an attempt to assassinate President Musharraf . From his release in February 2004 until the 2007 Siege of Lal Masjid he apparently did little , but later returned to the 313 Brigade in the terrorist organisation Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami ( HUJI ) , which is closely tied to al-Qaeda . Kashmiri rebuilt its strength while collaborating with the Taliban . This was part of a broader movement of Kashmir militants moving to Waziristan , and Kashmiri reportedly moved personnel from his Kotli ( Kashmir ) training camp to a new one in Razmak ( North Waziristan ) . A U.S. indictment of Kashmiri stated that he " was in regular contact with '' al Qaeda '' their italics and in particular with Mustafa Abu al Yazid ... " He has been associated with a number of attacks , including the 2008 Mumbai attacks , the 2010 Pune bombing , the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the killing of Ameer Faisal Alavi . Syed Saleem Shahzad wrote that Kashmiri proposed the Mumbai attacks to al-Qaeda leaders as a way to create a war that would bring operations against al-Qaeda to a halt . The plan was approved and given to former LeT commander Major Haroon Ashik
2010 Pune bombing
2010 Pune bombing
Ilyas Kashmiri