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Al-Nasr (Afghanistan)

Al-Nasr
Participant in the Soviet war in Afghanistan
Emblem of the Nasr Party (Afghanistan).svg
Active 1980s
Ideology Shia Islamism
Hazaras nationalism
Pro-Iran
Leaders Muhammad Hussain Sadiqi
Abdul Ali Mazari
Shaykh Shafak
Part of Tehran Eight
Allies  Iran
Opponents Soviet 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. It was a part of the Tehran Eight political constellation.



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