Category
page 1Rebel groups in Afghanistan
Northern Alliance
1996–2001 anti-Taliban military front in Afghanistan
Balochistan Liberation Army
separatist group in balochistan
National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
anti-Taliban alliance created in 2021
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
primarily Pashtun Afghan political party and former militia
Afghan mujahideen
Jihadist resistance groups
Maktab al-Khidamat
organization aimed at fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan
Balochistan Liberation Front
mlitant organization
Islamic Unity of Afghanistan Mujahideen
Afghan alliance formed in either 1981 or 1985
Saqqawists
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.
Afghanistan Freedom Front
anti-Taliban Afghan military group created in 2022
Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan
underground communist party in Afghanistan
Fidai Mahaz
Taliban splinter group active since 2013
Shura-e Nazar
1984–2001 Afghan military alliance created by Ahmad Shah Massoud
Al-Nasr
Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan
Maoist insurgent group operating in Afghanistan
Mullah Dadullah Front
Afghan Salafi jihadist group active since 2007
Southern Turkestan Movement
militant organization