| Color | Group | Leader | Supporters | Orientation | Fighting Quality |
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People's Democratic Party of Aghanistan | USSR | Communist | ||
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Jamiat-i-Islam | Barhannudin Rabbani | Uzbeks, Turkomens | Fundamentalist | "the best fighters" (Laffin) |
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Hezb-i-Islam (Islamic Party) | Younis Khalis | Pathans | Fundamentalist | 2nd best |
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Hezb-i-Islam | Gulbuddin Heckmatyar | Fundamentalist | 3rd best | |
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Mohaz Milli Islami (National Islamic Front of Afghanistan) | Pir Sayid Ahmad Gailani | Pushtu | pro-Royalist, pro-Western | |
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Harakat-i-Inqilib-i-Islami (Islamic Revolutionary Party) | Mohammed Nabi Mohammedi | Pathans | Traditionalist, village-based | |
| Jabhe Mille Nejad (National Rescue Front) | Sigbatullah Mojadedi | Sufis | Monarchist | ||
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Shia Muslims | "much talk but little action" | |||
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other groups | mixed | |||
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Sparsely populated or in dispute |
Last updated October 2000
Copyright © 2000 Matthew White