Afghan mujahideen

E90549
Islamist militant group guerrilla movement insurgent group

The Afghan mujahideen were a loose coalition of Islamist and tribal guerrilla fighters who waged a U.S.- and Pakistan-backed insurgency against the Soviet-backed Afghan government in the 1980s.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Afghan mujahideen canonical 30
Afghan mujahideen alliance 1
Afghan mujahideen groups 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist militant group ⓘ
guerrilla movement ⓘ
insurgent group ⓘ
baseOfOperations Afghan–Pakistani border regions ⓘ
mountainous areas of Afghanistan ⓘ
composedOf Islamist guerrillas ⓘ
tribal fighters ⓘ
conflict Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
formedIn late 1970s ⓘ
ideology Afghan nationalism ⓘ
Islamism ⓘ
legacy emergence of the Taliban ⓘ
rise of Afghan warlordism in the 1990s ⓘ
spread of foreign fighters to other jihadist conflicts ⓘ
notableCommander Abdul Rasul Sayyaf ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Massoud ⓘ
Burhanuddin Rabbani ⓘ
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ⓘ
Jalaluddin Haqqani ⓘ
notableFaction Harakat-i Inqilab-i Islami ⓘ
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
Ittehad-e Islami ⓘ
Jamiat-e Islami ⓘ
Mahaz-e Milli ⓘ
opposedTo Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
organizedAs loose coalition ⓘ
receivedAidType financial support ⓘ
training ⓘ
weapons ⓘ
receivedWeapon AK-47 ⓘ
SA-7 Grail man-portable air-defense system ⓘ
surface form: FIM-92 Stinger

RPG-7 ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
resultedIn withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan ⓘ
significantEvent Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
surface form: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
supportedBy China ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ
surface form: Gulf Arab states

Inter-Services Intelligence ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
timePeriod 1979–1989 ⓘ
usedTactic ambushes ⓘ
asymmetric warfare ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Soviet–Afghan War → opponent → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Soviet–Afghan War → opponent → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Soviet–Afghan War → belligerent → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Soviet–Afghan War → primaryAdversaryOf → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Charlie Wilson's War → hasSubject → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Afghan conflicts → mainBelligerent → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Panjsher offensives → resistanceMovement → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Mahaz-e Milli → partOf → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan → opposedBy → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Operation Cyclone → funded → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Massoud → militaryBranch → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Hizb-i Islami Khalis → partOf → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar → associatedWith → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Ittehad-e Islami → partOf → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan mujahideen alliance
Harakat-i Inqilab-i Islami → partOf → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Operation Magistral → opposedBy → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan → inConflictWith → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mujahideen
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History → subject → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Gust Avrakotos → associatedWith → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Yunus Qanuni → memberOf → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Maktab al-Khidamat → supportedSideInConflict → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Maktab al-Khidamat → associatedWithOrganization → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan mujahideen groups
Burhanuddin Rabbani → movement → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin → factionOf → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Parcham faction → opposedBy → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Soviet 40th Army → opponent → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi → politicalMovement → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
PDPA → opposedBy → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
National Islamic Front of Afghanistan → alliedWith → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
FIM-92 Stinger missile → usedBy → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
subject surface form: FIM-92 Stinger
Pir Sayyid Ahmad Gailani → movement → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Mohammad Yunus Khalis → movement → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Abdul Haq → militaryBranch → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
United States (during Soviet–Afghan War) → supported → Afghan mujahideen ⓘ