Afghan mujahideen
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The Afghan mujahideen were Islamist militant groups that fought against the Afghanistan government and the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War and the subsequent Afghan Civil War.
Mujahideen of the Yunus Khalis group, 1987
Amin Wardak, a mujahidin commander of Maidan Wardak Province
Mujahidin guerillas in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, 1985
Wounded Afghan guerillas having arrived at Norton Air Force Base, the United States, for medical treatment, 1986
Soviet–Afghan War
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The Soviet–Afghan War took place in Afghanistan from December 1979 to February 1989. Marking the beginning of the 47-year-long Afghan conflict, it saw the Soviet Union and the Communist-led Afghan mil
Afghan mujahideen
…The Afghan mujahideen were Islamist militant groups that fought against the Afghanistan government and the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War and the subsequent Afghan Civil War. The term mujahid (from Arabic مجاهد ) is used in a religious context by Muslims to refer to those engaged in a…
Mujahideen fighters in Kunar Province, 1987
The Afghanistan–Pakistan border
Postage stamp from 1979 depicting the Arg, with the text reading "The Great Saur Revolution is the fruit of the class struggle"
Afghanistan Scout Association in the 1950s