Haji Namdar Group (HNG), also known asSuppression of Vice and Promotion of Virtue andLocal Taliban Movement, was an organisation designated as terrorist inPakistan.
In 1991, Haji Namdar left Tirah and moved to Saudi Arabia. Upon his return in 2003, he founded the Haji Namdar Group, enforcingTaliban-interpretedIslamic law. The Pakistani government designated HNG as a terrorist organisation on 30 June 2008. Namdar was assassinated on 13 August 2008, allegedly by militants loyal toBaitullah Mehsud.[1][2]