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Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan

Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan

Political party

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]

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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.The Shura was considered as a government for the whole Hazarajat and used to be a powerful party among the Hazaras.[2] By the end of 1983 the Shura controlled 60% of the population of the Hazarajat.[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    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
  2. [2]
    Sarabi, Humayun, "Politics and modern history of Hazara: Secterian Politics in Afghanistan", Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy Thesis, SECTARIAN POLITICS IN AFGHANISTAN, p. 52, retrieved 2023-05-02
  3. [3]
    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
  4. [4]
    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
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