Hezbollah Afghanistan

Hezbollah Afghanistan
حزب الله أفغانستان
Secretary-GeneralAhmad Ali Ghordarwazi[1][2]
FounderAhmad Ali Ghordarwazi[3]
Founded1980 (as rebel group)[3]
2005 (registered as legal party in Afghanistan)[1]
Associated groupLiwa Fatemiyoun[4]
IdeologyAfghan Shiite minority rights
Shia Islamism[3]
Khomeinism[3]
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Hezbollah Afghanistan is a Shia Islamist political party in Afghanistan. It was originally founded in 1980 as a rebel group and part of the Tehran Eight, and fought with Iranian support during Soviet–Afghan War. In 2005, it became a legal party, and in the 2010s it developed close connections with Liwa Fatemiyoun, an Afghan paramilitary force organized by Iran.

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  3. ^ a b c d "DOSSIERS OF POLITICAL PARTIES INTENT ON EXPORTING AN ISLAMIC REVOLUTION". Wilson Center. 1999. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ Phillip Smyth (3 June 2014). "Iran's Afghan Shiite Fighters in Syria". Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Retrieved 18 May 2022.