Lashkar-e-Taiba (Urdu: لشکرطیبہ‎ [ˈləʃkər eː ˈt̪ɛːjbaː]; literally Army of the Good, translated as Army of the Righteous, or Army of the Pure) – also transliterated as Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Lashkar-i-Taiba, Lashkar Taiba or LeT – is one of the largest and most active terrorist organizations in South Asia, operating mainly from Pakistan.It was founded in 1987 by Hafez Saeed, Abdullah Azzam and Zafar Iqbal, and Zafar Iqbal in Afghanistan, with funding from Osama Bin Laden.