Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan
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Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan شوراى انقلاب اتفاق اسلامی افغانستان Šūrā-e-Inqilābī-e-Ittifāq-e-Islāmī Afğānistān | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Sayyid Ali Beheshti |
| Founded | September 1979 |
| Dissolved | 1989 |
| Merged into | Hezbe Wahdat |
| Ideology | |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | Tehran Eight (1987-1989) |
| International affiliation | Islamic Republican Party |
| Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Sayyid Ali Beheshti |
| Dates of operation | September 1979-1989 |
| Ideology | Shia Islamism Hazara nationalism |
| Part of | Tehran Eight |
| Allies |  Iran |
| Opponents |  Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
The Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan (Dari: شوراى انقلاب اتفاق اسلامی افغانستان, Shura-i Engelab-i Ettefaq-i Islami Afghanistan, often called simply Shura) was a Hazara political movement which appeared in Afghanistan in 1979 in opposition to the increasingly leftist Kabul government. The movement was led by Sayyid Ali Beheshti.[1]
The Shura had both political and militant arms, and removed many Kabul-backed authorities within the Hazarajat (Hazara-populated region of Afghanistan), replacing them with their own functionaries.The Shura was considered as a government for the whole Hazarajat and used to be a powerful party among the Hazaras.[2] By the end of 1983 the Shura controlled 60% of the population of the Hazarajat.[3]
The Shura was the primary Hazara resistance movement part of the Tehran Eight political constellation, followed by the Al-Nasr (Victory) and the Union of Islamic Fighters.[4]
