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It has been led, since its founding, by members of a prominent [[Sufi]] family, the Gailani.
It has been led, since its founding, by members of a prominent [[Sufi]] family, the Gailani.

During testimony at a [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|Guantanamo]] detainee's [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]] [[Hajji]] [[Ghalib (Guantanamo detainee 987)|Ghalib]] testified that the '''Mahazamili''' were a group of [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[mujahideen]] who had traveled to [[Persian Gulf]] during the [[Gulf War]] to join the coalition opposing [[Iraq]]'s invasion of [[Kuwait]].<ref name=CsrtKakoKandahari>[{{DoD detainees ARB|Set_51_3490-3642_Revised.pdf}} Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Kako Kandahari]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 62-73</ref>
Ghalib testified he had traveled to the Gulf under the leadership of [[Said Ghalani]].


In November 2009 [[Lal Mohammad]], a senior official in the party was assassinated by gunmen mounted on a motorcycle.<ref name=Pahjwok2009-11-03>
In November 2009 [[Lal Mohammad]], a senior official in the party was assassinated by gunmen mounted on a motorcycle.<ref name=Pahjwok2009-11-03>

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Mahazmili (aka Mahaz-e Milli-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan, aka National Islamic Front of Afghanistan) is a political party in Afghanistan.[1][2] It has been led, since its founding, by members of a prominent Sufi family, the Gailani.

In November 2009 Lal Mohammad, a senior official in the party was assassinated by gunmen mounted on a motorcycle.[3]

References

  1. ^ John L. Esposito (2004). The Oxford dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780195125597. Retrieved 2010-11-15. He was succeeded by his sons, Sher agha Jan (Sayyid Ali Gaylani, b. 1923) and the Effendi Jan (Sayyed Ahmad Gaylani, b. 1932), who left Kabul in 1978 and headed the National Islamic Front, Mahaz-e Milli-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan, in Peshawar during the jihad against the Soviet occupation.
  2. ^ "The 2009 Presidential and Provincial Council Electionsin Afghanistan". National Democratic Institute. 2009. p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-16. Retrieved 2010-11-16. Four of the Paktika provincial council members are affiliated with the Mahaz Mili Islami Afghanistan party and one is affiliated with the Jamiat Islami Afghanistan party. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Zabihullah Ihsas, Hamid (2009-11-03). "Ex-jihadi commander, teacher killed in north by Zabihullah Ihsas & Hamid on 3 November, 2009 - 13:30". Pahjwok Afghan News. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. Gul Ahmad, son of the 55-year-old, said his father had no political relations with anyone and solved people's problems through jirgas. He added his father was a commander of the Jmiat Islami Faction before joining the Mahaz Mili Faction that might be a reason behind his killing. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead= ignored (help); line feed character in |title= at position 45 (help)