Before Taliban

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Ettehad-i Islami Mujahidin Afghanistan (Islamic Union of
Afghanistan Mujahidin), a.k.a. Ettehad-i Haft Gana (“Seven Party
Unity”), comprised both Hizb-i Islamis, Jamiat-i Islami, two splinter
factions from Harakat (one led by Maulavi Nasrullah Mansur, the
other by Maulavi Moazen), a minor splinter group from Jabha led by
Maulavi Muhammad Mir, and Sayyaf’s Ettehad; early 1980s
Ettehad-i Islami Mujahidin Afghanistan (Islamic Union of
Afghanistan Mujahidin), a.k.a. Ettehad-i Seh Gana (“Three Party
Unity”), included Har0akat, Mahaz, and Jabha; early 1980s
Ettehad-i Islami Mujahidin Afghanistan (Islamic Union of
Afghanistan Mujahidin), comprised both Hizb-i Islamis, Jamiat-i
Islami, Harakat, Jabha, Mahaz, and Sayyaf’s Ettehad; late 1980s
Harakat-i Inqilabi-yi Islami Afghanistan (Revolutionary Islamic
Movement of Afghanistan), leader: Nabi
Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Party of Afghanistan), leader:
Hekmatyar
Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Party of Afghanistan), leader:
Khales
Hizb-i Tauhid (Monotheism Party), associated with Faizani and Rizwani
Jabha-yi Nejat-i Milli Afghanistan (Front for the National
Salvation of Afghanistan), leader: Sibghatullah Mujaddidi
Jamiat-i Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Society of Afghanistan), leader:
Rabbani
Jamiat-i Ulama Muhammadi (Society of Muhammadan Clerics),
founded by Sibghatullah Mujaddidi during the 1970s
Khodam ul-Forqan (Servants of the Qur’an), founded by Ismail
Mujaddidi in the 1970s
Mahaz-i Milli Islami Afghanistan (National Islamic Front of
Afghanistan), founded by Gailani in 1978
Sazman-i Jawanan-i Musulman (Muslim Youth Organization),
founded in 1969 by Muslim students at Kabul University