United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan

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Afghan rebel coalition armed opposition group political-military alliance

The United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan, commonly known as the Northern Alliance, was a coalition of Afghan factions that opposed and fought against the Taliban regime, particularly in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (Northern Alliance)	2
Northern Alliance (United Islamic Front)	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afghan rebel coalition ⓘ armed opposition group ⓘ political-military alliance ⓘ
activeInConflict	Afghan Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
activePeriod	early 2000s ⓘ late 1990s ⓘ
alliedWith	Central Intelligence Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Northern Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledTerritory	Panjshir Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of northern Afghanistan ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
dissolved	early 2000s ⓘ
formedFrom	Harakat-i Islami NERFINISHED ⓘ Hezb-e Wahdat NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamiat-e Islami NERFINISHED ⓘ Junbish-i Milli NERFINISHED ⓘ Shura-e Nazar NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded	1996 ⓘ
goal	establishment of a broad-based Afghan government ⓘ overthrow of the Taliban regime ⓘ
hasCommander	Abdul Rashid Dostum NERFINISHED ⓘ Abdul Rasul Sayyaf NERFINISHED ⓘ Ismail Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohammad Mohaqiq NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLeader	Ahmad Shah Massoud NERFINISHED ⓘ Burhanuddin Rabbani NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquarters	Panjshir Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Islamism ⓘ anti-Talibanism ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup	Hazaras NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashtuns NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajiks NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Dari ⓘ Hazara Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashto ⓘ Uzbek ⓘ
notableEvent	offensive with US support in late 2001 ⓘ resistance after fall of Kabul in 1996 ⓘ
opposed	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) NERFINISHED ⓘ Taliban NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Operation Enduring Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
successor	Northern Alliance elements in Afghan Transitional Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	France NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

Referenced by (4)

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

Khwaja Bahauddin, Takhar Province, Afghanistan → associatedWith → United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ⓘ

subject surface form: Khwaja Bahauddin

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

Yunus Qanuni → memberOf → United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ⓘ

Islamic State of Afghanistan → militaryAlliance → United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ⓘ

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

Taliban capture of Kabul (1996) → opponent → United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Alliance (United Islamic Front)