Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan
Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan شوراء انقلاب اتفاق اسلامی افغانستان Shura-e-Enqilabi-e-Ittifaq-e-Islami-Afghanistan | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Sayyid Ali Beheshti |
| Founded | September 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1989 |
| Merged into | Hezbe Wahdat |
| Ideology |
Hazara interests Conservatism Traditionalism |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | Tehran Eight (from 1987) |
The Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan (Persian: شوراء انقلاب اتفاق اسلامی افغانستان, Shura-i Engelab-i Ettefaq-i Islami Afghanistan, often called simply Shura) was a Hazara political movement which appeared in Afghanistan in 1979 in opposition to the increasingly leftist Kabul government. The movement was led by Sayyid Ali Beheshti.[1]
The Shura had both political and militant arms, and removed many Kabul-backed authorities within the Hazarajat (Hazara-populated region of Afghanistan), replacing them with their own functionaries. By the end of 1983 the Shura controlled 60% of the population of the Hazarajat.[2]
The Shura was the primary Hazara resistance movement part of the Tehran Eight political constellation, followed by the Al-Nasr (Victory) and the Union of Islamic Fighters.[3]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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