Northern Alliance
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After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the Northern Alliance fought it in a civil war, and, following the 9-11 attack, in the Afghanistan War (2001-). It was made up of three main ethnic forces, Tajiks under Ahmad Shah Massoud, Uzbeks under Abdul Rashid Dostum and Hazaras under Karim Khalili.
Once the Taliban were driven from power, it renamed itself the United National Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan.