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Parent topics
- Hezb-i-Islam [r]: Islamic Party of Afghanistan, although there are three claimants to the name [e]
- Islamic Party of Afghanistan [r]: A Pashtun-dominated Afghan political party, split into factions variously part of the government (Hezb-i-Islam) under Yunis Khalis versus Hezb-i-Islam Gulbuddin under Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (HIG), which cooperates with the Taliban but is also negotiating with the Karzai government [e]
- Hezb-e-Islami Khalis [r]: The faction of the Hezb-e-Islami party in Afghanistan led by Yunis Khalis, after the split with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar; not the current registered Hezb-e-Islami [e]
- Peshawar Seven [r]: Coalition of seven Sunni mujahideen groups resisting the Soviets in the Afghanistan War (1978-92), assembled by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and with a sanctuary in Peshawar. [e]
Subtopics
- Hezb-i-Islam Gulbuddin [r]: The Afghan and Pakistani insurgent organization, a faction that broke from the Islamic Party of Afghanistan, controlled by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar; involved in talks with the Karzai Government [e]
- Islamic Party of Afghanistan [r]: A Pashtun-dominated Afghan political party, split into factions variously part of the government (Hezb-i-Islam) under Yunis Khalis versus Hezb-i-Islam Gulbuddin under Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (HIG), which cooperates with the Taliban but is also negotiating with the Karzai government [e]
- Jalaluddin Haqqani [r]: Commander of Taliban armed forces but also a Pashtun Ghilzai with independent affiliations with Pakistan, both Inter-Service Intelligence and tribal, as well as his home area of Afghanistan [e]
- Osama bin Laden [r]: Radical jihadist who, with Ayman al-Zawahiri, founded a group known as al-Qaeda, which is credited with a series of terrorist attacks. [e]
- Taliban [r]: Salafist Islamic militia, governing Afghanistan 1996–2001; still fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. [e]
- Abdul Haq (Afghan leader) [r]: A Northern Alliance leader who was killed in 2001 trying to lead an uprising against the Taliban in Afghanistan. [e]
- Political party [r]: An organization that seeks to advance the interests of its members by obtaining political power [e]
- Salafism [r]: A strict branch of Sunni Islam, dedicated to the restoration of the Caliphate, often by means of armed jihad [e]
- Towr Kham [r]: a town in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan. [e]