The Afghan mujahideen were generally divided into two distinct alliances: the largest and most significant Sunni Islamic union collectively referred to as the ' Peshawar Seven' based in Pakistan, and the significantly smaller Shia Islamic union collectively referred to as the ' Tehran Eight' based in Iran. While there were a large number of factions with ideological differences comprising the mujahideen, the most influential were the Jamiat-e Islami and Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin parties. The militants of the Afghan mujahideen were recruited and organized immediately after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, and initially comprised the regular Afghan population as well as defectors from the Afghan military, with the aim of waging an armed struggle against both the communist government of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan that had taken power in the 1978 Saur Revolution and the Soviet Union that had invaded the country in support of the former. 'enemy'), a term also employed by the Soviets ( РґСѓС€РјГЎРЅС‹, Dushmany). 'organization'), while the Afghan government called them dushman ( ШЇШґЩ…Ш§Щ†вЂЋ, lit. ' spirits') as derivation from Dari word ШЇШґЩ…Ш§Щ†вЂЋ dushman, which turned into short dukh and also was suitable due to their guerrilla tactics Afghan civilians often referred to them as the tanzim ( Pashto/ Persian: ШЄЩ†ШёЫЊЩ…, transl.

They were popularly referred to by Soviet troops as dukhi ( Russian: РґГЅС…Рё, lit. The union was also widely referred to by their Western backers as the Afghan resistance, while Western press often referred to them as Muslim rebels, guerrillas, or 'Mountain Men'. The Afghan mujahideen consisted of numerous groups that differed from each other across ethnic and/or ideological lines, but were united by their anti-communist and pro-Islamic goals. The term mujahideen ( Arabic: Щ…Ш¬Ш§Щ‡ШЇЩЉЩ†вЂЋ) is used in a religious context by Muslims to refer those engaged in a struggle of any nature for the sake of Islam, commonly referred to as jihad ( Ш¬Щ‡Ш§ШЇвЂЋвЂЋ). The Afghan mujahideen were the various armed Islamist rebel groups that fought together against both the Soviet Union and the government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan during the SovietвЂ“Afghan War and the subsequent First Afghan Civil War. 1965вЂ“66 Indonesia, Transition to the New Order.1959вЂ“2000 assassination attempts on Fidel Castro.

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