United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan

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The United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan, commonly known as the Northern Alliance, was a coalition of Afghan factions that opposed and fought against the Taliban regime, particularly in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afghan rebel coalition ⓘ
armed opposition group ⓘ
political-military alliance ⓘ
activeInConflict Afghan Civil War ⓘ
activePeriod early 2000s ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ
alliedWith Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Northern Alliance ⓘ
controlledTerritory Panjshir Valley ⓘ
parts of northern Afghanistan ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
dissolved early 2000s ⓘ
formedFrom Harakat-i Islami ⓘ
Hezb-e Wahdat ⓘ
Jamiat-e Islami ⓘ
Junbish-i Milli ⓘ
linked to: Junbish-e Milli

Shura-e Nazar ⓘ
founded 1996 ⓘ
goal establishment of a broad-based Afghan government ⓘ
overthrow of the Taliban regime ⓘ
hasCommander Abdul Rashid Dostum ⓘ
Abdul Rasul Sayyaf ⓘ
Ismail Khan ⓘ
Mohammad Mohaqiq ⓘ
hasLeader Ahmad Shah Massoud ⓘ
Burhanuddin Rabbani ⓘ
headquarters Panjshir Valley ⓘ
ideology Islamism ⓘ
anti-Talibanism ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup Hazaras ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
Uzbeks ⓘ
language Dari ⓘ
Hazara Persian ⓘ
linked to: Hazaragi Persian

Pashto ⓘ
Uzbek ⓘ
notableEvent offensive with US support in late 2001 ⓘ
resistance after fall of Kabul in 1996 ⓘ
opposed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) ⓘ
Taliban ⓘ
participatedIn Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
successor Northern Alliance elements in Afghan Transitional Administration ⓘ
supportedBy France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
India ⓘ
Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
linked to: Iran

NATO ⓘ
Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia

Tajikistan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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

Yunus Qanuni → memberOf → United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ⓘ
Islamic State of Afghanistan → militaryAlliance → United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (Northern Alliance) ⓘ
linked to: United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan
Taliban capture of Kabul (1996) → opponent → Northern Alliance (United Islamic Front) ⓘ
linked to: United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan
Khwaja Bahauddin → associatedWith → United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (Northern Alliance) ⓘ
linked to: United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan
Bonn Agreement → signatory → Afghan Northern Alliance representatives ⓘ
linked to: United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan