Mahaz-e Milli

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Afghan mujahideen group armed group political organization

Mahaz-e Milli, also known as the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan, was a royalist and moderately Islamist Afghan mujahideen group led by Pir Sayyid Ahmad Gailani that fought against Soviet forces and the communist government during the Soviet–Afghan War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afghan mujahideen group ⓘ armed group ⓘ political organization ⓘ
activeDuring	1979–1989 ⓘ
alliedWith	other Afghan mujahideen factions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Islamic Front of Afghanistan ⓘ
armedConflictRole	insurgent group ⓘ
armedWing	mujahideen fighters ⓘ
associatedWith	Kingdom of Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Afghan monarchy Gailani family ⓘ
basedIn	Pakistan ⓘ surface form: Pakistan (during the Soviet–Afghan War)
conflict	Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
founder	Pir Sayyid Ahmad Gailani ⓘ
goal	expulsion of Soviet forces from Afghanistan ⓘ restoration of the Afghan monarchy ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Peshawar NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ
ideology	moderate Islamism ⓘ royalism ⓘ
languageOfCommunication	Dari ⓘ Pashto ⓘ
leader	Pir Sayyid Ahmad Gailani ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	fa ⓘ
notableMember	Pir Sayyid Ahmad Gailani ⓘ
operationalArea	Afghanistan ⓘ
opposedIdeology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
opposedTo	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf	Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
politicalOrientation	traditionalist ⓘ
politicalPosition	Islamist ⓘ anti-communist ⓘ monarchist ⓘ
region	Central Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousOrientation	Sunni Islam ⓘ
status	defunct organization ⓘ
supportedBy	Pakistan ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Western countries ⓘ
typeOfIslamism	moderate Islamist ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Afghan mujahideen → notableFaction → Mahaz-e Milli ⓘ

Soviet–Afghan War → opponent → Mahaz-e Milli ⓘ