The Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan ( fa, شوراء 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 Sayyid Ali Beheshti ( fa, سید علی بهشتی) was a leader of the Shia Hazara ethnic group of Afghanistan, who became president of the '' Shura-yi Enqelabi-yi Ettefaq-i Islami-yi Afghanistan'' (Revolutionary Council of the Islamic Union of ...

. The Shura had both political and militant arms, and removed many Kabul-backed authorities within the

Hazarajat Hazaristan ( fa, هزارستان, Hazāristān), or Hazarajat ( fa, هزاره‌جات, Hazārajāt) is a mostly mountainous region in the central highlands of Afghanistan, among the Koh-i-Baba mountains in the western extremities of the ...

(Hazara-populated region of Afghanistan), replacing them with their own functionaries. By the end of 1983 the Shura controlled 60% of the population of the Hazarajat. The Shura was the primary Hazara resistance movement part of the

Tehran Eight The Tehran EightRuttig, T. ''Islamists, Leftists – and a Void in the Center. Afghanistan's Political Parties and where they come from (1902–2006)''. "The first current was mainly represented in the 1980s by the Sunni Mujahedin tanzim based i ...

political constellation, followed by the

Al-Nasr Al Nassr Football Club ( ar, نادي النصر السعودي; '' Naṣr'' meaning ''Victory'') is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955, the club plays its home games at the Mrsool Park. Their home colours are yellow ...

(''Victory'') and the

Union of Islamic Fighters The Tehran EightRuttig, T. ''Islamists, Leftists – and a Void in the Center. Afghanistan's Political Parties and where they come from (1902–2006)''. "The first current was mainly represented in the 1980s by the Sunni Mujahedin tanzim based i ...

.J. Bruce Amstutz
''Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation''
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References

{{reflist Anti-Soviet factions in the Soviet–Afghan War Conservative parties Defunct political parties in Afghanistan Hazara political parties Political movements in Afghanistan Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan politicians Shia Islamic political parties in Afghanistan