Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin

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Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin is an Afghan Islamist political and militant organization led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, known for its major role in the Afghan jihad against the Soviets and subsequent factional fighting in the 1990s.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist political organization ⓘ
armed group ⓘ
militant organization ⓘ
accusedOf indiscriminate shelling of Kabul in the 1990s ⓘ
war crimes during the Afghan Civil War ⓘ
activeIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
agreement peace deal with Afghan government in 2016 ⓘ
alliance received support from Saudi Arabia during the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
received support from the United States during the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
supported by Pakistan during the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
conflict Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Civil War

Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Civil War

Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
designatedAs terrorist organization by the European Union (historically, via HIG elements) ⓘ
terrorist organization by the United States (historically, via HIG elements) ⓘ
ethnicBase primarily Pashtun support base ⓘ
factionOf Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
founder Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
goal establishment of an Islamic state in Afghanistan ⓘ
headquarters Kabul ⓘ
ideology Islamism ⓘ
Sunni Islamism ⓘ
languageOfCommunication Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
namedAfter Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
notableCommander Khalid Farooqi ⓘ
notableLeader Qutbuddin Hilal ⓘ
opposedTo Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province ⓘ
Soviet Union military presence in Afghanistan ⓘ
Taliban (at various periods) ⓘ
linked to: Taliban
periodOfProminence 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
politicalPosition Islamist conservative ⓘ
politicalWing Hezb-e Islami (political party led by Hekmatyar) ⓘ
religiousOrientation Sunni Islam ⓘ
role major mujahideen faction during the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
participant in factional fighting in Kabul in the 1990s ⓘ
separatedFrom Hezb-e Islami ⓘ
signedAgreementWith Government of Afghanistan ⓘ
status recognized as a political party in Afghanistan after 2016 peace deal ⓘ
usedTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
rocket attacks on urban areas ⓘ
suicide attacks (post-2001 period by some elements) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) → mainBelligerent → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
subject linked to: Afghan Civil War
Afghan mujahideen → notableFaction → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Operation Cyclone → supportedGroup → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Hizb-i Islami Khalis → splitFrom → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar → founderOf → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar → founderOf → Hezb-e Islami ⓘ
linked to: Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar → politicalParty → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar → politicalParty → Hezb-e Islami ⓘ
linked to: Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Bonn Conference on Afghanistan (2001) → participantGroup → Peshawar group ⓘ
linked to: Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Hezb-e Wahdat → opposedGroup → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin → politicalWing → Hezb-e Islami (political party led by Hekmatyar) ⓘ
linked to: Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Battle of Kamdesh → belligerent → Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
linked to: Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Mujahideen takeover of Kabul → participant → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Mujahideen takeover of Kabul → participant → forces of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
linked to: Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Hezb-e Islami → splitInto → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Hezb-e Islami → hasFaction → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Qutbuddin Hilal → memberOf → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Khalid Farooqi → affiliation → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ