Supervisory Council of the North

Supervisory Council of the North (SCN) was an afghan military unit.

History

In 1984, top resistance commanders operating the northern provinces of Takhar, Badakhshan, Balkh and Kunduz formed a council under the leadership of Ahmad Shah Massoud. The Supervisory Council of the North became an integrated military unit with both political and security components and posed the greatest threat to the communist occupation of Afghanistan in the north. Although many of the SCN leaders were affiliates of Rabbani’s Jamiat-e-Islami, the SCN established deep ties with local communities and ran its affairs independently from the Jamiat leadership based in Pakistan. Many former SCN commanders and fighters continue to exert influence and power at various levels throughout the Northern provinces.^[1]

References

^ Naval Postgraduate School, Program for Culture and Conflict Studies, Afghanistan, Sar-e Pol Province

Political parties in Afghanistan

Present major parties	United National Front · Afghan Mellat · New Afghanistan Party · Junbish-e Islami (National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan) · Jamiat-e Islami · Hezbe Wahdat · Hezbi Islami · Ittehad-I Islami • Peace Movement of Afghanistan

Present minor parties	Democratic Party of Afghanistan • National Congress Party of Afghanistan · National Movement of Afghanistan · National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan · Liberal Democratic Party of Afghanistan · Pashtoons Social Democratic Party

Banned / Former parties	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan · Taliban · Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan · Democratic Watan Party of Afghanistan · Afghanistan Liberation Organization · National Revolutionary Party of Afghanistan

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