Islamism in Afghanistan

1979–1989 war between the Soviet Union and Afghan insurgents

Jihadist resistance groups

rebellion in Afghanistan

Afghan alliance formed in either 1981 or 1985

The Saqqawists were an armed group in Afghanistan who were active from 1924 to 1931. They were led by Habibullāh Kalakāni, and in January 1929, they managed to take control of Kabul, the capital of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, re-establishing the Emirate of Afghanistan. Following military reversals in the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), they were forced out of the capital in October 1929. Saqqawist activity ended in 1931.