Lashkar Explained

Lashkar may refer to:

• Lascar, a type of sailor or militiaman employed by the British in South Asia (modern Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan)
• Lashkar (film), a 1989 Bollywood film
• Laskhar (novel), a 2008 military action thriller by Mukul Deva, published by HarperCollins. This is the first of a 4-book bestseller series. The motion picture rights of this novel were purchased by Planman Motion Pictures.
• Lashkargah, a city in southern Afghanistan, capital of Helmand Province
• Lashkar, Gwalior, an area of the city of Gwalior, formerly a separate town
• Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a militant organization in Pakistan
• Lashkar-e-Omar, a Pakistani Islamic fundamentalist organization
• Lashkar-e-Qahhar, an Islamist group that claimed responsibility for the 11 July 2006 Mumbai Train Bombings
• Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani Islamist terrorist organization

See also

• Lascar (disambiguation)
• Lashkari (disambiguation)
• Laskar (disambiguation)
• Askar (disambiguation), an Arabic word derived from the Persian one
• Askari