Sazman-i Nasr

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Al-Nasr
LeadersMuhammad Hussain Sadiqi
Abdul Ali Mazari
Shaykh Shafak
Dates of operation1980s
IdeologyShia Islamism
Hazara nationalism
Part ofTehran Eight
Allies Iran
OpponentsSoviet Union Soviet Union
Afghanistan Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Al-Nasr (النصر; Arabic for "Victory") was a Hazara militant group, opposed to the leftist Afghan government during the 1980s. After the Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan, Al-Nasr was the elite militant group. The organisation included many young men educated in Kabul, including Shia clergymen, and received support from the Khomeini government.[1] It was a part of the Tehran Eight political constellation.

References

  1. ^ J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation. DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2