Military leadership in the Afghanistan conflict (1978–present): Difference between revisions
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=== Taliban === |
=== Taliban === |
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{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Mohammed Omar]]<br>{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Obaidullah Akhund]]{{POW}}<br>{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} Mullah [[Dadullah]]{{KIA|alt=yes }}<br>{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Mullah Bakht Mohammed]]{{POW}}<br>{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Jalaluddin Haqqani]] |
{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Mohammed Omar]]<br>{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Obaidullah Akhund]]{{POW}}<br>{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} Mullah [[Dadullah]]{{KIA|alt=yes }}<br>{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Mullah Bakht Mohammed]]{{POW}}<br>{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Jalaluddin Haqqani]] |
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== External links == |
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* [http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/asia/afghan-bck1023.htm Backgrounder on Afghanistan: History of the War October 2001] |
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* [http://members.aol.com/bblum6/afghan.htm America's Jihad] by William Blum |
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* [http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2007/RAND_CT271.pdf Ending Afghanistan’s Civil by James Dobbins, The RAND Corporation, Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee on January 30, 2007] |
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* [http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/asia/afghanistan/afghbk.htm Fueling Aghanistan's War-Press Backgrounder] |
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[[Category:People of the Afghan Civil War]] |
[[Category:People of the Afghan Civil War]] |
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Revision as of 13:59, 13 March 2009
The Civil War in Afghanistan (1978–present), also known as the Afghan Civil War and several other names, was a civil war in Afghanistan. The civil war started when the Communist Party of Afghanistan took all political power in Afghanistan on 27 April 1978. This event led indirectly to the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan.
Government Armies and allies
Soviet Union
Sergei Sokolov Valentin Varennikov Boris Gromov
Afghanistan
Babrak Karmal (PDPA) Mohammad Najibullah (PDPA) Abdul Rashid Dostum (PDPA)
Burhanuddin Rabbani (Islamic State) Ahmed Shah Massoud † (Islamic State) Mohammed Fahim (Islamic State)
Bismillah Khan (Islamic Republic)
NATO forces
Tommy Franks (CENTCOM) John P. Abizaid (CENTCOM) William J. Fallon (CENTCOM) Martin Dempsey (CENTCOM) David Petraeus (CENTCOM)
David Richards (ISAF) Dan McNeill (ISAF)
Mauro del Vecchio (ISAF)
David D. McKiernan (ISAF)
Egon Ramms (NATO)
Rebels and terrorists
Al-Queda
Osama bin Laden
Ayman al-Zawahiri Mustafa Abu al-Yazid
Jihad rebels
Ahmad Shah Massoud Abdul Haq Ismail Khan Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Jalaluddin Haqqani Abdullah Azzam
Jalaluddin Haqqani Tohir Yo‘ldosh Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Sirajuddin Haqqani Baitullah Mehsud (KIA)
Taliban
Mohammed Omar Obaidullah Akhund (POW) Mullah Dadullah (KIA) Mullah Bakht Mohammed (POW) Jalaluddin Haqqani