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The term mujahideen has often been used to refer to all separatist fighters in the case of the First and Second Chechen Wars. However, in this article, mujahideen is used to refer to the foreign, non- Caucasian fighters who joined the separatists’ cause for the sake of Jihad.
20th century. 21st century. t. e. The Afghan mujahideen ( Dari: مجاهدین افغان) ( Pashto: افغان مجاهدين) were Islamist resistance militias that fought the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War and the subsequent First Afghan Civil War .
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Arabic: mujāhidūn. Key People: Osama bin Laden. Mohammad Omar. Ahmad Shah Masoud. mujahideen, members of a number of guerrilla groups operating in Afghanistan during the Afghan War (1978–92) that opposed the invading Soviet forces and eventually toppled the Afghan communist government.
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hide. (Top) Background. Mujahideen (1947–1954) Early insurgency. Military operations against the mujahideen. Decline of the mujahideen. Rohingya separatist movements (1972–2001) Separatist groups in the 1970s and 1980s. Activity and expansions in the 1990s. ARSA insurgency (2016–present)
Mujahideen, in its broadest sense, Muslims who fight on behalf of the faith or the community (ummah). The term became specialized after the emergence of Islamic revivalism in 18th-century India and was later adopted as a label for a coalition of guerrilla groups during the Afghan War (1978–92).
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Aug 18, 2017 · The Pulse. US Designates Hizbul Mujahideen as a Foreign Terrorist Group. There are the legal and political ramifications of the designation for HM, India, and Pakistan. By Mohammed Sinan Siyech....
Aug 16, 2017 · 16 Aug 2017. The United States has designated Hizbul Mujahideen, the largest armed group in Indian-administered Kashmir, as a “foreign terrorist” organisation, imposing sanctions on it...
