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Sharafat Kuh Front (80 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Sharafat Kuh Front was an Afghan mujahideen group active in the 1980s in Farah Province. It was led by Mulawi Mohammad Shah, an Achakzai Pashtun.

Peshawar Accord (1,091 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

April 1992, the Peshawar Accord was announced by several but not all Afghan mujahideen parties: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e Islami, had since March

Sayed Askar Mousavi (184 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Mousavi was a prominent figure in the "cultural struggle" of the Afghan Mujahideen in Iran during the Russian occupation. He was the main writer and

Russians in Pakistan (262 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

several hundred Afghan WAD agents, and monitored Pakistani aid to the Afghan mujahideen. According to Jacquard, one of the Soviet Union's objectives was to

Northern Light Infantry Regiment (1,781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

known for the extensive assistance and training it provided to the Afghan mujahideen (with backing from the CIA and ISI) during the Soviet–Afghan War.

Battles of Zhawar (1,321 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and their allies of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against Afghan mujahideen groups. The Soviets' objective was to destroy the Mujahideen logistic

Abdul Haq (Afghan leader) (1,661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(born Humayoun Arsala; April 23, 1958 – October 26, 2001) was an Afghan mujahideen commander who fought against the Soviet-backed People's Democratic

Sayed Ishaq Gailani (250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. He testified Ghalani was leading a group of Afghan mujahideen called the Mahazamili. "Paktika Executive Summary" (PDF). Navy Postgraduate

Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi (1,179 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

rebel leaders "freedom fighters." Through continuous struggle the Afghan Mujahideen succeeded in their mission, and the Russian forces withdrew from Afghanistan

Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (1,576 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

after Arab Afghan veteran fighters, who had fought alongside the Afghan Mujahideen, returned to Morocco with the objective of forming a militant organization

A Case of Exploding Mangoes (1,824 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

man. As ISI is in charge of piping the assets and weapons to the Afghan mujahideen, the book indicates that every one of these assets are not given to

1993 Summer Offensives (451 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh were formed. Afghan Mujahideen from Hezb-e-Islami took part in the offensive on Azerbaijan's side

1977 Pakistani military coup (2,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the "Islamisation of Pakistan" and Pakistan's involvement with the Afghan mujahideen (funded by the US and Saudi Arabia) during their war against the Soviet

Kokari-Sharshari (1,987 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

up to 1990. "Kokari-Sharshari" (Persian شرشر) — fortified areas of afghan mujahideen (1979-1989) fortification of afghan mujahedin during the Soviet-Afghan

Operation Horadiz (689 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Gubadly, Zangilan districts in the west and Fuzuli in the north. Afghan Mujahideen, who arrived in the fall of 1993, also took part in the Azerbaijani

1987 Bakhtar Afghan Airlines Antonov An-26 shootdown (347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Afghanistan, resulting in 53 fatalities out of the 55 people on board. Afghan mujahideen insurgents fired the missile that struck the Bakhtar Afghan Airlines

Shah-i-Kot Valley (172 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

foreign invaders. The area was the scene of fierce fighting between the Afghan mujahideen rebels and Soviet forces during the Soviet–Afghan War, as the battle

KHAD-KGB campaign in Pakistan (1,334 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dissemination of propaganda to dissuade Pakistan from supporting the Afghan mujahideen. In mid-1985 the Soviet Union and Kabul launched psychological warfare

Abdul Ghaffar Khan (5,280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

both sides, namely the Soviet–Afghan government coalition and the Afghan mujahideen, declared an immediate ceasefire to allow Khan's burial. He was given

Jalaluddin Haqqani (2,891 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commander Ahmad Shah Masood. But Haqqani does not figure among the Afghan mujahideen leaders known to have been invited to the White House in Washington

Ahmadzai (Ghilji clan) (423 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Ahmedzai, politician, 2014 Afghan presidential candidate Abdul Haq, Afghan Mujahideen leader Acheson 2023, p. 68. Acheson 2023, p. 168. Ethnic Identity

Jamba, Cuando Cubango (712 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lewis Lehrman, American businessman and politician Abdurrahim Wardak, Afghan mujahideen leader Jack Wheeler, American conservative In later years, Savimbi

Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen (719 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

alliance formed in 1988 (see Alliance Formation below) by the seven Afghan mujahideen parties fighting against the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of

Turkmen Air Force (1,136 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, these two squadrons bombed the Afghan Mujahideen during the Panjshir offensives of the Soviet 40th Army. In early 1989

UNITA (3,604 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

against him, American conservatives pointed to his success, and that of Afghan mujahideen and the Nicaraguan contras, all of which, with U.S. support, were

Sukhoi Su-25 (10,744 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Soviet–Afghan War, flying counter-insurgency missions against the Afghan Mujahideen. The Iraqi Air Force employed it against Iran during the 1980–88 Iran–Iraq

Pakistan and the United Nations (1,113 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

being Hindu. In September 1947, he started a campaign to drive many Afghan Mujahideen sent by Pakistan, for the sole purpose of destabilization, out of

Covert Action Division (448 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the unit then received training from CIA in the 1980s to assist the Afghan Mujahideen after the Soviet invasion. The unit also took part in many battles

Qazi Hussain Ahmad (1,052 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

invaded Afghanistan, Qazi Hussain Ahmad was in close contact with Afghan mujahideen and met with top Afghan leaders. He helped build support in Pakistan

Caravan of Death (1991 film) (133 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

is a 1991 Soviet action film directed by Ivan Solovov. A group of Afghan Mujahideen are planning a diversion. They have in their hands two girls whom

Arif Khan (warlord) (178 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Afghan Mujahideen warlord

Ali Mohamed (double agent) (3,000 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the 1980s, Mohamed was involved in the training of the anti-Soviet Afghan mujahideen. Mohamed conducted training during the war to small classes that included

Siege of Urgun (1,062 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Soviet–Afghan War Districts of Paktika province Belligerents Afghanistan Afghan Mujahideen Islamic Union Hezb-e Islami Khalis NIFA Haqqani network Commanders

Durrani (1,691 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Quetta where his music was most popular Gul Agha Sherzai, former Afghan Mujahideen who became Governor of Nangarhar Ataullah K. Ozai‐Durrani, Afghan

Ojhri Camp disaster (973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

about 10:30am, the camp which was used as an ammunition depot for Afghan mujahideen fighting against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, exploded, killing many

Battle of Maravar Pass (1,014 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Maravar Pass Part of the Soviet–Afghan War Belligerents Soviet Union Afghan mujahideen Commanders and leaders Nikolay Tsebruk † Jalaluddin Haqqani Strength

List of heads of state and government with a military background (186 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Official position Service Rank in military Notes Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai Afghan mujahideen Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1995–1996) 1979–1992 Served in the

Mohammad Daoud (governor) (754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Kabul and joined the resistance in the early 1980s. Daud joined the Afghan mujahideen in Helmand where he quickly rose as the liaison point between field

Aman Mojadidi (680 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

whose appearance was a combination of American hip-hop gangster and Afghan mujahideen. During the Afghan parliamentary election, 2010, Jihadi Gangster appeared

KHAD (4,415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

become more intense, being ordered to infiltrate the ranks of the Afghan mujahideen. On their first assignment, the recruits were transferred to KhAD/WAD

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (1,740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

part of the Soviet withdrawal on 15 February 1989. During the war Afghan mujahideen sponsored by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the Pakistani

Salafi jihadism (14,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of "hybrid" ideology developed by international volunteers (Arab-Afghan mujahideen) had not been joined previously because mainstream Salafis, dubbed

A Colder War (1,074 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

planets as roundabout ways to transport drugs and arms to and from the Afghan mujahideen as part of Operation Cyclone. Stephen Jay Gould briefs the CIA on

SG-43 Goryunov (1,675 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kalashnikov PKM machine gun. Afghanistan: SGM used by DRA and the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War and by Afghan National Army Burundi:

Proxy war (2,398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

significant was the Soviet–Afghan War, which saw the U.S. fund the Afghan mujahideen against the invading Soviet forces (see Operation Cyclone). This war

Sami Yousafzai (302 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

at Dawa'a al-Jihad University set up at an Afghan Refugee camp by Afghan Mujahideen Fighter Abdul Rasul Sayyaf. He initially started as a sports journalist

Mahmud Abouhalima (742 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

hours for a non-profit group in Brooklyn that raised money for the Afghan Mujahideen. Abouhalima travelled to Afghanistan in 1988, saying he wanted to

Zahirul Islam Abbasi (978 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Abbasi worked as an intelligence and military officer in liaison with Afghan Mujahideen resisting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (1980–1986). In 1987–1988

Jamal al-Fadl (1,620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

store in Brooklyn, Al-Fadl was recruited to join the cause of the Afghan mujahideen "through the Farouq mosque in Brooklyn", presumably when he was in

5th Guards Motor Rifle Division (2,304 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

beginning of 1980, the 5th GMRD began to participate in raids against the Afghan Mujahideen. During the period of the Afghan war, the division participated in

Jack Devine (1,022 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

inherited a program funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to the Afghan mujahideen. It was under Devine that the CIA ramped up threefold support to the

Asadabad, Afghanistan (1,817 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Afghan Army's 9th Division. In 1985, in the Battle of Maravar Pass the Afghan Mujahideen killed 31 Soviet troops in an ambush. The rebel Mujahideen later took

Israel–Pakistan relations (6,530 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

supplied Soviet-made weaponry (seized from Palestinian militants) to the Afghan mujahideen, who were waging guerrilla warfare against the Soviet military following

Resistance International (861 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

something more people could agree on than aid for the Contras or the Afghan mujahideen," and forty famous writers attended, including Joseph Brodsky, Czeslaw

Kabir Mohabbat (677 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

fight. During the war, he had extensive involvement with various Afghan Mujahideen groups and supporting governments during their war with the Soviets

1995 Pakistani coup attempt (1,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

services, with the help of the CIA, recruited, trained, and armed Afghan mujahideen to fight the Soviet Army. In the process, a vast network of madrases

Juma Namangani (1,911 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

commander due to his first-hand knowledge of both Soviet Army and Afghan Mujahideen tactics, which were practised by the Tajikistani military and Russian

1980s in Angola (2,243 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Colonel Oliver North, South African security forces, Abdurrahim Wardak, Afghan Mujahideen leader, Jack Wheeler, American conservative policy advocate, and many

Waheed Muzhda (1,107 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Kabul University. During the Soviet Afghan war, Muzhda was a part Afghan Mujahideen and wrote several anti-Soviet poetry. In 1989, Time magazine reported

Citizens for America (894 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Soviet Expansionism", formed by Nicaraguan, Laotian, Angolan and Afghan (Mujahideen) rebels in June 1985 in Jamba, Angola, the UNITA headquarters of Angolan

Terrorism in Pakistan (2,505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

source?] Terrorism in Pakistan originated after Pakistan supported the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War, and the subsequent civil war that erupted

Battle for Height 776 (2,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

successful defense of the Soviet paratroopers against an attack by the Afghan mujahideen in 1988 U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (July 2001) ULUS-KERT: An Airborne

The Great War for Civilisation (1,490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chronicles much of the problems the Soviet Union faced in dealing with the Afghan mujahideen when they entered the country as well as the invasion's galvanizing

List of Afghans (2,635 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Minister in the Afghan Taliban government of 1996–2001 Amin Wardak major Afghan Mujahideen leader Abdul Raziq Achakzai Afghan Army Lieutenant General and Police

Ruslan Gelayev (2,749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

war. He led his Spetsnaz battalion in special operations against Afghan mujahideen, before changing sides with Chechens in the 90's. In 1992–1993, Gelayev

Angola–South Africa relations (2,681 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Colonel Oliver North, South African security forces, Abdurrahim Wardak, Afghan Mujahideen leader, Jack Wheeler, American conservative policy advocate, and many

CIA's relationship with the United States Congress (681 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

agent Gust Avrakotos, Wilson was able to increase CIA's funding the Afghan Mujahideen to several hundred million dollars a year during the Soviet–Afghan

CIA's relationship with the United States Congress (681 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

agent Gust Avrakotos, Wilson was able to increase CIA's funding the Afghan Mujahideen to several hundred million dollars a year during the Soviet–Afghan

Egyptian Islamic Jihad (2,997 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

original exponent and organizer of global jihad on behalf of the Afghan mujahideen. In 1991, EIJ broke with al-Zumur and al-Zawahiri took control of

Angola–Soviet Union relations (2,471 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Colonel Oliver North, South African security forces, Abdurrahim Wardak, Afghan Mujahideen leader, Jack Wheeler, American conservative policy advocate, and many

The Other Side of the Mountain (Jalali and Grau book) (555 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

Side of the Mountain" is a compilation of selected anecdotes from Afghan Mujahideen recollecting their various combat actions against Soviet forces during

Timeline of the history of Islam (20th century) (3,784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

The Soviet Union withdraws the last of its forces from Afghanistan. Afghan mujahideen factions begin fighting each other. 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait. 1990:

Operation Curtain (1,766 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

search group. Belligerents Soviet Union Republic Of Afghanistan Afghan Mujahideen Pakistan Supported by: Iran Commanders and leaders Sergei Sokolov

FIM-43 Redeye (2,931 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Somalia Sudan Sweden Thailand Turkey United States West Germany Afghan Mujahideen FAN Coordination of Azawad Movements Contra Guerrillas FMLN List of

Mikoyan MiG-27 (3,539 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

considered sufficient to support the 40th Army's operations against the Afghan Mujahideen. However, in 1988 it was decided to deploy MiG-27s to support the

Deaths in October 2001 (4,778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hungarian-American music director (New York City Opera). Abdul Haq, 43, Afghan mujahideen commander, executed by the Taliban, homicide. Hüseyin Hilmi Işık,

List of legislators educated at the United States Naval Academy (1,281 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Congress to support the largest ever CIA covert operation to supply the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War; profiled in the book and film Charlie

Mohammad Najibullah (8,899 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Pakistani people and establishment continued to support the Afghan mujahideen even if it was in contravention of the Geneva Accords. At the beginning

Sam Trautman (2,046 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

him on a mission in Afghanistan to supply Stinger missiles to the Afghan Mujahideen rebels, fighting the invading Soviet armies. Rambo refuses to join

Ilyas Kashmiri (3,434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

these buildings. In the Soviet war in Afghanistan, he trained the Afghan mujahideen in mine warfare in Miranshah on behalf of Pakistan. During the fighting

PLO in Lebanon (1,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

U.S. congressman responsible for raising funds in order to assist Afghan mujahideen to fight the Soviets, commented that he felt the Israeli forces were

Russia–Saudi Arabia relations (4,112 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

1979, during the Soviet–Afghan War, with Saudi Arabia supporting the Afghan Mujahideen in close cooperation with the United States. Diplomatic relations

108th Motor Rifle Division (3,511 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Forces to destroy paramilitary groups of the Tajik opposition and the Afghan Mujahideen on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.[citation needed] In

Afghan jihadist camp (981 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

established throughout Afghanistan in the 1980s for training the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. These camps have historically not only

Philip Sessarego (1,100 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

United States Government's Defense Intelligence Agency, training the Afghan Mujahideen to fight the Soviet Union. During the 1980s–1990s he was involved

Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi (1,668 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

role in recruiting and training Mujahideen to fight alongside the Afghan Mujahideen against Soviet troops. A few months before his assassination in 1998

Type 56 assault rifle (5,370 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Soviet–Afghan War in the 1980s, many Type 56 rifles were supplied to Afghan Mujahideen guerrillas to fight Soviet forces. The rifles were supplied by China

Salman of Saudi Arabia (7,601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

governor of Riyadh and head of the Saudi committee for support to the Afghan mujahideen, for unwisely funding Salafist extremist groups that were undermining

Dawud Salahuddin (1,779 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

correspondent, and a web editor. He fought the Soviets alongside the Afghan Mujahideen, and acted "in a film (Kandahar) by one of Iran's leading directors"

Operation Summer Rain (Cold War) (461 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

governments. BND agents from Pullach collaborated over several years with Afghan Mujahideen fighters, working together to obtain weaponry from the Soviet forces

The Living Daylights (6,621 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

"thought he was Napoleon". Art Malik as Kamran Shah, a leader in the Afghan Mujahideen. John Rhys-Davies as General Leonid Pushkin, the new head of the KGB

Rovshan Javadov (1,713 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

travelled to Afghanistan in 1993 and returned with 1,300 experienced Afghan mujahideen. In 1993, after personally regrouping most of the Interior Ministry

First Battle of Zhawar (628 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Part of the Soviet–Afghan War Belligerents Afghanistan Soviet Union Afghan Mujahideen Supported by: Pakistan Commanders and leaders Shahnawaz Tanai, Qalandar

Malakand insurrection (1994–1995) (473 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

implementation of Sharia law in the Malakand Division. A large number of Afghan Mujahideen from the nearby areas also came to aid the rebellion. Timergara, the

Xinjiang conflict (15,425 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

perception of being encircled by the Soviets. China supported the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet assistance to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Rawalpindi (7,127 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

On 10 April 1988, Rawalpindi's Ojhri Camp, an ammunition depot for Afghan mujahideen fighting against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, exploded and killed

Philip Seymour Hoffman (11,706 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

with Congressman Charlie Wilson (played by Tom Hanks) to aid the Afghan Mujahideen in their fight against the Soviet Union. Todd McCarthy wrote of Hoffman's

Timeline of the Cold War (16,672 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

indirect and direct covert operations in Afghanistan, to support the Afghan mujahideen against Soviet intervention. February 25: a military coup occurred

International propagation of Salafism and Wahhabism by region (15,648 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

to fight their co-religionists (and sometimes fellow ethics), the Afghan Mujahideen. As Islam and Central Asian peoples had been repressed by the Soviets—often

Foreign relations of Saudi Arabia (7,814 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

1980s and early 1990s. Saudi Arabia helped to finance not just the Afghan Mujahideen but also non-Muslim anti-communists. It also seriously harmed the

Improvised explosive device (9,641 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR on 27 December 1979, the Afghan Mujahideen were supplied by the CIA, among others, with large quantities of military

BMD-1 (4,718 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

enemies were not AFVs but land mines and ambushes prepared by skillful Afghan Mujahideen armed with light anti-tank weapons, which meant that the BMD-1's anti-tank

China–Israel relations (7,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

both Israel and China opposed. They both supplied weapons to the Afghan mujahideen (Israel sending captured Palestine Liberation Organization weapons

Spetsnaz (10,139 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the GRU's 15th Spetsnaz Brigade, and the Usama Bin Zaid regiment of Afghan Mujahideen under Commander Assadullah, belonging to Abdul rub a-Rasul Sayyaf's

Olivier Weber (2,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Doctors of the World (Médecins du Monde). He has also defended the Afghan mujahideen during the war against the Soviet army and then against the pro-communist

List of wars by death toll (5,843 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Europe Afghan conflict 1.17–3 million 1978–present Multiple sides; Afghan mujahideen, later Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, United Tajik Opposition vs

Sectarian violence in Pakistan (15,729 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

with the national security goal of building close linkages with the Afghan Mujahideen after the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in 1979". Institutions

Osama bin Laden (19,187 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

training from the U.S. during the 1980s. Nor did his followers. The Afghan mujahideen, via Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency, received large amounts of

Hizbul Mujahideen (8,769 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

said that he would be able to divert funds and resources from the Afghan mujahideen for a conflict in Kashmir. Bari travelled to the Kashmir Valley and

Kabul hoard (4,848 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

coins remained at the Kabul Museum until 1992–1993, at which time the Afghan mujahideen plundered the museum. All the coins were lost (along with various

Kumul Rebellion (7,152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

troops Chinese Muslim troops Turkic Khotanlik Uyghur Kirghiz rebels Afghan mujahideen Strength Around 10,000 Chinese Muslim cavalry and infantry 15,000

Jamal Khashoggi (10,606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

governor of Riyadh and head of the Saudi committee for support to the Afghan mujahideen, for unwisely funding Salafist extremist groups that were undermining

Rabatak inscription (3,446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the border between Baghlan and Samangan provinces. It was found by Afghan mujahideen digging a trench at the top of the site, along with several other

Economic history of Pakistan (5,469 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Pakistan, the U.S. and its allies funneled about US$5–7 billion to the Afghan Mujahideen through Pakistan, further uplifting the local economy. Under Zia,

List of military operations (8,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

nuclear explosion in a rain forest. Cyclone (1979) — US covert aid to Afghan mujahideen fighting the Soviets. El Dorado Canyon (1986) — US strikes against

Nagorno-Karabakh (10,344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from Ukraine and Russia. Between fifteen and twenty-five hundred Afghan mujahideen, along with fighters from Chechnya, participated in the fighting on

List of University of Pittsburgh alumni (6,034 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Pennsylvania Gust Avrakotos – case officer CIA; known for massive arming of Afghan Mujahideen in 1980s in Soviet–Afghan War, chronicled in book Charlie Wilson's

Jihad (14,389 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

and the nation's Sunnis and were collectively referred to as the Afghan Mujahideen. Shiite jihadists in Afghanistan were known as the Tehran Eight and

Anti-aircraft warfare (13,254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

States were used against the aircraft of the Soviet Union by the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the Cold War. Rocket-propelled

Presidency of Ronald Reagan (15,611 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Meeting with leaders of the Afghan Mujahideen in the Oval Office, 1983

List of proxy wars (9,152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Republic of Afghanistan Supported by Soviet Union (until 1991) Mujahideen Supported by United States Pakistan China Saudi Arabia Afghan mujahideen victory

Soviet Armed Forces (8,613 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tactically, both sides concentrated on attacking supply lines, but Afghan mujahideen were well dug-in with tunnels and defensive positions, holding out

People's Liberation Army (15,530 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

from Soviet attacks. The PLA Ground Force trained and supported the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War, moving its training camps for the mujahideen

Pakistan Air Force (13,679 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

MI6 and Mossad to secure American resources and armaments for the Afghan mujahideen who were combating the invading Soviet forces. Various reports during

Militant career of Osama bin Laden (5,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his group are "blowback" from CIA's Operation Cyclone to help the Afghan mujahideen is a matter of some debate. Robin Cook, UK Foreign Secretary from

Iranian revolution (24,241 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

different and strategically harmful) causes such as the neighboring Afghan Mujahideen. The revolution itself was supported by the Palestine Liberation Organization

Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (3,813 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

group's influence waned and its image tarnished by 1983 to other Afghan mujahideen. Hekmatyar and his party operated near the Pakistani border against

Military history of the Soviet Union (7,284 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

withdrawn after ten years of an indecisive "shooting war", in which the U.S., China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia funded and armed the Afghan Mujahideen.

T-62 (12,331 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

sources, which show far fewer losses. Others fell into the hands of the Afghan Mujahideen after they were left behind by withdrawing Soviet forces. The USSR

Israeli support for Hamas (1,475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

relations of Hamas History of Hamas Operation Cyclone, US aid to Afghan mujahideen. Schneider, Tal (8 October 2023). "For years, Netanyahu propped up

Angolan Civil War (18,222 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Colonel Oliver North, South African security forces, Abdurrahim Wardak, Afghan Mujahideen leader, Jack Wheeler, American conservative policy advocate, and many

List of CIA controversies (6,464 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Critics assert that funding the Afghan mujahideen (Operation Cyclone) played a role in causing the September 11 attacks.

Satanic Verses controversy (13,004 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

superpower, was made possible by billions of dollars in aid to the Afghan mujahideen by those two countries. Khomeini issued the fatwa on 14 February 1989

Military history of Pakistan (11,788 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

created a unit called the Black Storks who were SSG men dressed as Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. They were then flown into Afghanistan

Foreign interventions by the United States (10,090 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

collapse of détente, President Jimmy Carter began covertly arming Afghan mujahideen in a program called Operation Cyclone.[citation needed] Operation

War in Afghanistan (458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Party of Afghanistan Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989), a war between Afghan mujahideen rebels and the Soviet Armed Forces and the Soviet puppet Democratic

Presidency of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (3,161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

United States's Ronald Reagan administration—a major supporter of the Afghan mujahideen—continued to provide military and economic assistance to the Zia ul-Haq

2003 Casablanca bombings (10,577 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

perceived as holy war, with seventy Moroccans having fought for the Afghan Mujahideen according to the Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DST). This

Unconventional warfare (United States) (7,617 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

resistance to Iraq under Saddam Hussein. In the 1980s, SF worked with the Afghan Mujahideen against the Soviets, but in a role of supporting rather than leading

Central Asian Border District (1,751 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

by decision of the USSR government, participated in blocking the Afghan Mujahideen on the distant approaches to the state border. Seven border detachments

History of the Central Intelligence Agency (17,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

other parties maintain that the U.S. supported only the indigenous Afghan mujahideen. In 1991, Bin Laden returned to his native Saudi Arabia protesting

Soviet Union during the Iran-Iraq War (7,657 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

long war there. Iran had provided support to some of the anti-Soviet Afghan Mujahideen. In March, 1987 the Soviets decided to withdraw their forces from

List of BMP-1 variants (15,653 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

fired by the DShK and Browning M2 heavy machine guns used by the Afghan Mujahideen, which can penetrate the side armor of the standard BMP-1, as well

Greek Muslims (19,667 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

former Wall Street broker and a war correspondent, leader of an Afghan Mujahideen unit during the Afghan war against the Soviets – died under mysterious

Khomeinism (16,323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the role of Islamic movements considered conservative such as the Afghan mujahideen. During this period third world solidarity took precedence over Muslim

Foreign relations of India (44,254 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

to contain Soviet-friendly India and to use Pakistan to back the Afghan Mujahideen against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. An Indo-Soviet Treaty

International propagation of Salafism (23,533 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a religious-political-military force to stop the civil war among Afghan mujahideen factions and unify (most of) the country under their "Islamic Emirate

List of United States Naval Academy alumni (7,216 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Congress to support the largest ever CIA covert operation to supply the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War; profiled in the book and film Charlie

Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent (26,645 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

in Layyah. In July 1987, Shias of Parachinar were attacked by the Afghan Mujahideen again, who were ready to defend and as a result, 52 Shias and 120

Operation Trap (2,775 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Soviet–Afghan War Belligerents Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Afghan Mujahideen Commanders and leaders Valentin Varennikov Ismail Khan

Hezbollah armed strength (21,332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

confirmed. In 1994, Iran's IRGC purchased Stinger missiles from the Afghan mujahideen. Iran transferred these to a Hezbollah subsidiary in Lebanon, but

List of conspiracy-thriller films and television series (1,617 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Wilson's War 2007 A Texas congressman illegally funnels money to the Afghan Mujahideen via a rogue CIA agent The China Syndrome 1979 Management covers up

Assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud (10,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the December 1989 withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan, the Afghan mujahideen continued their campaign against the communist PDPA government until