Al-Nasr (Afghanistan)

Al-Nasr
Participant in the Soviet war in Afghanistan
Active	1980s
Ideology	Shia Islamism Hazara Interests Pro-Iran
Leaders	Muhammad Hussein Sadiqi Abdul Ali Mazari Shaykh Shafak
Part of	Tehran Eight
Allies	Iran
Opponents	Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Al-Nasr (النصر; Arabic for "Victory") was a Hazara militant group, opposed to the leftist Afghan government during the 1980s After the Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan, Al-Nasr was the elite militant group. The organisation included many young men educated in Kabul, including Shia clergymen, and received support from the Khomeini government. ^[1] It was a part of the Tehran Eight political constellation.

References

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