Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin

E271200

Islamist political organization armed group militant organization

Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin is an Afghan Islamist political and militant organization led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, known for its major role in the Afghan jihad against the Soviets and subsequent factional fighting in the 1990s.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin canonical	8
Hezb-e Islami	2
Hezb-e Islami (political party led by Hekmatyar)	1
Peshawar group	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamist political organization ⓘ armed group ⓘ militant organization ⓘ
accusedOf	indiscriminate shelling of Kabul in the 1990s ⓘ war crimes during the Afghan Civil War ⓘ
activeIn	Afghanistan ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
agreement	peace deal with Afghan government in 2016 ⓘ
alliance	received support from Saudi Arabia during the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ received support from the United States during the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ supported by Pakistan during the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
conflict	Afghan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) Afghan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
designatedAs	terrorist organization by the European Union (historically, via HIG elements) ⓘ terrorist organization by the United States (historically, via HIG elements) ⓘ
ethnicBase	primarily Pashtun support base ⓘ
factionOf	Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
founder	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
goal	establishment of an Islamic state in Afghanistan ⓘ
headquarters	Kabul ⓘ
ideology	Islamism ⓘ Sunni Islamism ⓘ
languageOfCommunication	Dari ⓘ Pashto ⓘ
leader	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
namedAfter	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
notableCommander	Khalid Farooqi ⓘ
notableLeader	Qutbuddin Hilal ⓘ
opposedTo	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province Soviet Union military presence in Afghanistan ⓘ Taliban ⓘ surface form: Taliban (at various periods)
periodOfProminence	1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
politicalPosition	Islamist conservative ⓘ
politicalWing	Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hezb-e Islami (political party led by Hekmatyar)
religiousOrientation	Sunni Islam ⓘ
role	major mujahideen faction during the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ participant in factional fighting in Kabul in the 1990s ⓘ
separatedFrom	Hezb-e Islami ⓘ
signedAgreementWith	Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Government of Afghanistan
status	recognized as a political party in Afghanistan after 2016 peace deal ⓘ
usedTactics	guerrilla warfare ⓘ rocket attacks on urban areas ⓘ suicide attacks (post-2001 period by some elements) ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Afghan Civil War → mainBelligerent → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ

subject surface form: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Afghan mujahideen → notableFaction → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ

Operation Cyclone → supportedGroup → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ

Hizb-i Islami Khalis → splitFrom → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar → founderOf → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hezb-e Islami

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar → politicalParty → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hezb-e Islami

Bonn Conference on Afghanistan (2001) → participantGroup → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peshawar group

Hezb-e Wahdat → opposedGroup → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ

Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin → politicalWing → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hezb-e Islami (political party led by Hekmatyar)

Jamiat-e Islami forces loyal to Ahmad Shah Massoud → opposedTo → Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ