"Militant Pakistani Sunni groups that trained alongside al Qaida, fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan and launched terrorist attacks in India have pledged their support to Saudi Arabia, a key source of their funding, amid growing pressure on Pakistan to join the military coalition against Houthi rebels in Yemen." "Analysts said the pro-Saudi activism of the militant groups was a reaction to an unprecedented wave of negative public sentiment toward Saudi Arabia for its funding of Pakistani militant groups connected to the December massacre of 132 schoolchildren at an army-run school in the northern city of Peshawar."