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| rdfs:label | - Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)
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| rdfs:comment | - On September 27, 1996, the Taliban seized the Afghan capital Kabul and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Islamic State of Afghanistan government remained the internationally recognized government of Afghanistan. The Taliban's Emirate received recognition only from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. The defense minister of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, created the United Front (Northern Alliance) in opposition to the Taliban. The United Front included all Afghan ethnicities: Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazaras, Turkmens, some Pashtuns and others. Massoud fought for a republic and national consolidation to achieve a lasting peace in Afghanistan. During the conflict, the Taliban received complementary military support by Pakistan and financial s
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| Commander | - Osama bin Laden
- Ayman al-Zawahiri
- Ahmad Shah Massoud
- Arif Noorzai
- Bismillah Khan
- Burhanuddin Rabbani
- COL Amir Tarrar
- Gen. Pervez Musharraf
- Haji Abdul Qadir
- Haji M. Mohaqeq
- Hussain Anwari
- Ismail Khan
- LTG Hamid Gul
- LTG Mahmud Ahmed
- LTG Naseem Rana
- LTG Ziauddin Butt
- Mohammed Fahim
- Mohammed Omar
- Mullah Dadullah
- Obaidullah Akhund
- Qari Baba
- Rashid Dostum
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| Caption | - Situation in Afghanistan late 1996
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| Result | - Defeat of Dostum's forces in 1998 by the Taliban. Stalemate with varying fronts between the Taliban and Massoud's forces . Followed by Operation Enduring Freedom and removal of the Taliban from power by United Front forces and ISAF.
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| combatant | - Iran
- United States
- Taliban
- Al-Qaeda
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- United Front
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| abstract | - On September 27, 1996, the Taliban seized the Afghan capital Kabul and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Islamic State of Afghanistan government remained the internationally recognized government of Afghanistan. The Taliban's Emirate received recognition only from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. The defense minister of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, created the United Front (Northern Alliance) in opposition to the Taliban. The United Front included all Afghan ethnicities: Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazaras, Turkmens, some Pashtuns and others. Massoud fought for a republic and national consolidation to achieve a lasting peace in Afghanistan. During the conflict, the Taliban received complementary military support by Pakistan and financial support by Saudi Arabia. Pakistan interfered militarily in Afghanistan, deploying battalions and regiments of its Frontier Corps and Army against the United Front. Al Qaeda supported the Taliban with regiments of imported fighters from Arab countries and Central Asia. In the late period of the war of an estimated 45,000 force fighting on the side of the Taliban only 14,000 were Afghan (Taliban).
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