北方联盟

Key facts

Leaders

Burhanuddin Rabbani , Ahmad Shah Massoud , Haji Abdul Haq , Mohammed Fahim , Atiqullah Baryalai , Abdul Rashid Dostum , Abdullah Abdullah , Haji Abdul Qadeer , Muhammad Mohaqiq , Karim Khalili

Dates of operation

September 1996 – December 2001

Groups

Jamiat-e Islami Junbish-i Milli Eastern Shura Ittehad-e Islami National Islamic Front of Afghanistan Harakat-e Islami Hezbe Wahdat

Headquarters

Taloqan , Afghanistan (until September 2000) , Fayzabad , Afghanistan (September 2000–November 2001)

Active regions

Afghanistan

Ideology

Islamism , Islamic democracy , Anti-communism , Anti-Taliban , Factions Afghan nationalism Ethnic Interests Minority rights Uzbek and Turkmen Interests Afghan Tajik Interests Pashtun Interests Secularism Wahhabism Communitarianism Royalism

Political position

Big Tent

Status

Disbanded

Size

80,000 (1997), 50,000 (2001)

Part of

Islamic State of Afghanistan