Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen

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The Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen (also known as the Seven Party Mujahideen Alliance or Peshawar Seven) was an Afghan organization formed in May 1985 by the seven Afghan mujahideen parties fighting against the Soviet and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan forces in the Soviet-Afghan War. The alliance sought to function as a united diplomatic front towards the world opinion, and sought representation in the United Nations and Organisation of the Islamic Conference.[1]

The constituents of the alliance fell into two categories, the political Islamists: Khalis faction (Khalis), Hezbi Islami (Hekmatyar), Jamiat-i-Islami (Rabbani), and Islamic Union for the Liberation of Afghanistan (Sayyaf), and the traditionalists: National Islamic Front for Afghanistan (Gailani), Afghanistan National Liberation Front (Mojaddedi), and Revolutionary Islamic Movement (Mohammadi).

All of the groups were Sunni Muslims, and all were majority Pashtun except Jamiat-i-Islami, which was Tajik. Another alliance based out of Iran was composed of mainly Shi'a Muslims.[2]

Although the alliance took its formal shape in the 1980s, it had de facto existed as a political bloc since May 1979, when the Pakistani government decided to limit the flow of foreign financial aid, mainly from the United States (under the Reagan Doctrine) and Saudi Arabia, to the said seven organizations, thus cutting off monetary supply to nationalist and leftwing resistance groups.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Collins, George W. (March-April 1986). "The War in Afghanistan". Air University Review. http://www.airpower.au.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1986/mar-apr/collins.html. Retrieved 2009-03-27. 
  2. ^ Hilali, A. Z. (2005). US-Pakistan relationship: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 125. ISBN 9780754642206. 
  3. ^ Ruttig, Thomas. Islamists, Leftists - and a Void in the Center. Afghanistan's Political Parties and where they come from (1902-2006). Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. http://www.kas.de/db_files/dokumente/7_dokument_dok_pdf_9674_2.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-27. 

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