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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Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military alliance → political coalition →
alliedWith	India → Islamic Republic of Iran → NATO → Russia → United Kingdom → United States →
alternativeName	United Front → 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 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	forces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan →
supportedBy	Central Intelligence Agency → India → Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps → Russian Federation → United States Armed Forces →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2001 fall of Kabul → Battle of Tora Bora →	combatant
Afghan Civil War (1996–2001) → Afghan conflicts →	mainBelligerent
Abdul Rashid Dostum →	alliance
Northern Alliance ("United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan") →	alternativeName
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) →	belligerent
Afghan Civil War →	majorCombatant
Northern Alliance ("Northern Alliance ground forces") →	militaryBranch
Taliban →	opposedBy
2001 fall of Kabul ("Northern Alliance (United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan)") →	relatedTo
Battle of Tora Bora ("Afghan militias") →	usedForceType