Northern Alliance

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military alliance political coalition

The Northern Alliance was a coalition of Afghan anti-Taliban factions that played a key role alongside U.S.-led forces in overthrowing the Taliban regime after 2001.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Alliance canonical	28
Afghan militias	1
Northern Alliance (United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan)	1
Northern Alliance delegation	1
Northern Alliance ground forces	1
Northern Alliance retreated to northern Afghanistan	1
Northern Alliance warlords	1
United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military alliance ⓘ political coalition ⓘ
alliedWith	India ⓘ Iran ⓘ surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran NATO ⓘ Russia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
alternativeName	United Front ⓘ Northern Alliance ⓘ surface form: United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan
conflict	Afghan Civil War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
controlledTerritory	Panjshir Valley ⓘ parts of northern Afghanistan ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
dissolved	early 2000s ⓘ
formedFrom	Hezb-e Wahdat ⓘ Ittehad-e Islami ⓘ Jamiat-e Islami ⓘ Junbish-e Milli-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan ⓘ
foundedBy	Abdul Rashid Dostum ⓘ Abdul Rasul Sayyaf ⓘ Ahmad Shah Massoud ⓘ Karim Khalili ⓘ Mohammad Mohaqiq ⓘ
hasEthnicBase	Hazaras ⓘ Tajiks ⓘ Uzbeks ⓘ some Pashtuns ⓘ
hasLeader	Abdul Rashid Dostum ⓘ Abdullah Abdullah ⓘ Ahmad Shah Massoud ⓘ Burhanuddin Rabbani ⓘ Mohammad Mohaqiq ⓘ Mohammad Qasim Fahim ⓘ
headquarters	Panjshir Valley ⓘ
ideology	anti-Taliban ⓘ
militaryBranch	Northern Alliance self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Alliance ground forces
notableCommander	Abdul Rashid Dostum ⓘ Ahmad Shah Massoud ⓘ Ismail Khan ⓘ Mohammad Qasim Fahim ⓘ
opposedTo	Taliban ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
significantEvent	capture of Kabul in November 2001 ⓘ cooperation with U.S.-led coalition after 11 September 2001 ⓘ resistance to Taliban rule 1996–2001 ⓘ
startTime	1996 ⓘ
succeededBy	Afghan National Army ⓘ surface form: forces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
supportedBy	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ India ⓘ Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ surface form: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation United States Armed Forces ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) → belligerent → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Taliban → opposedBy → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Northern Alliance → alternativeName → Northern Alliance ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan

Northern Alliance → militaryBranch → Northern Alliance self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Alliance ground forces

2001 fall of Kabul → combatant → Northern Alliance ⓘ

2001 fall of Kabul → relatedTo → Northern Alliance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Alliance (United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan)

Battle of Tora Bora → combatant → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Battle of Tora Bora → usedForceType → Northern Alliance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan militias

Afghan Civil War → mainBelligerent → Northern Alliance ⓘ

subject surface form: Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)

Afghan Civil War → majorCombatant → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Afghan conflicts → mainBelligerent → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Abdul Rashid Dostum → alliance → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Bonn Conference on Afghanistan (2001) → participantGroup → Northern Alliance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Alliance delegation

Mullah Mohammad Omar → opponent → Northern Alliance ⓘ

United Front → alsoKnownAs → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Jamiat-e Islami → memberOf → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Ismail Khan → participatedIn → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Yunus Qanuni → memberOf → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Amrullah Saleh → memberOf → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Junbish-e Milli-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan → alliedWith → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Panjshir Valley → associatedWithOrganization → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Karim Khalili → associatedWith → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Burhanuddin Rabbani → movement → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Abdullah Abdullah → memberOf → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Malalai Joya → opposes → Northern Alliance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Alliance warlords

Mohammad Qasim Fahim → militaryBranch → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Panjshir Province → associatedWith → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Taliban capture of Kabul (1996) → aftermath → Northern Alliance ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Alliance retreated to northern Afghanistan

Taliban capture of Kabul (1996) → relatedTo → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Jamiat-e Islami forces loyal to Ahmad Shah Massoud → alliedWith → Northern Alliance ⓘ

War against the Taliban (1996–2001) → primaryBelligerent → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Shura-e Nazar → alliedWith → Northern Alliance ⓘ

National Hero of Afghanistan → associatedWith → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Massoud Day → associatedWith → Northern Alliance ⓘ

Abdul Rashid → allyOf → Northern Alliance ⓘ

subject surface form: Abdul Rashid Dostum