Hizb-i Islami Khalis

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Islamist political organization armed group mujahideen faction

Hizb-i Islami Khalis was an Afghan Islamist mujahideen faction led by Mohammad Yunus Khalis that became prominent for its armed resistance against the Soviet-backed government during the 1980s.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Hezb-e Islami Khalis 1
Hizb-e Islami Khalis 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist political organization ⓘ
armed group ⓘ
mujahideen faction ⓘ
activeDuring Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
activePeriod 1980s ⓘ
alliedWith other Afghan mujahideen factions ⓘ
armedWing mujahideen fighters ⓘ
basedIn Eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: eastern Afghanistan
conflict Soviet–Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
ethnicBase Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form: Pashtun
foundedBy Mohammad Yunus Khalis ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Hizb-i Islami Khalis ⓘ
surface form: Hezb-e Islami Khalis
hasAlternativeTransliteration Hizb-i Islami Khalis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hizb-e Islami Khalis
ideology Islamism ⓘ
involvedIn Afghan resistance against the Soviet Union ⓘ
language Pashto ⓘ
leader Mohammad Yunus Khalis ⓘ
militaryTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
namedAfter Mohammad Yunus Khalis ⓘ
notableCommander Abdul Haq ⓘ
Jalaluddin Haqqani ⓘ
notableFor armed resistance against Soviet-backed government in the 1980s ⓘ
operationalFocus rural insurgency ⓘ
opposed Soviet military presence in Afghanistan ⓘ
Soviet-backed Afghan government ⓘ
partOf Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
politicalPosition Islamist ⓘ
primaryOpponents Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
regionOfActivity Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
surface form: Afghanistan–Pakistan border region
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
splitFrom Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ⓘ
supportedBy Pakistan ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Hizb-i Islami Khalis → hasAlternativeName → Hizb-i Islami Khalis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hezb-e Islami Khalis
Hizb-i Islami Khalis → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Hizb-i Islami Khalis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hizb-e Islami Khalis
Soviet–Afghan War → opponent → Hizb-i Islami Khalis ⓘ