Amrullah SalehAmrullah Saleh (born 15 October 1972) is an Afghan politician who served as the first vice president of Afghanistan from February 2020 to August 2021, and acting interior minister from 2018 to 2019. He was the head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) from 2004 to 2010.
Republican insurgency in AfghanistanGuerrilla campaign against the Taliban governmentBelligerentsAfghanistanAl-QaedaJamaat Ansarullah Republican insurgents National Resistance Front (NRF) Basej-e MilliGreen UnitAfghanistan Freedom FrontAfghanistan United FrontAfghanistan Islamic National & Liberation MovementHomeland Corps FrontAhmad Khan Samangani FrontNational Resistance Council for the Salvation of AfghanistanOther factionsMahdi Mujahid's forces Local Hazara volunteersLocal Shia volunteersLiwa Fatemiyoun veteransIndependent militias and Taliban dissidentsCommanders and leadersHibatullah AkhundzadaMohammad YaqoobAbdul Ghani BaradarQari FasihuddinAbdul Qayyum ZakirAbdul Hamid Khorasani Mohammed Faruq Hidayatullah Badar Sanaullah Sangin Fatih SabawoonAmanuddin Mansur Mullah Samiullah Mewand † Qari Abdurrahman Omari † Mullah Hebat Khan † Mullah Malang Helmandi † Abdul Rahman Mansour †Ahmad MassoudQadam Shah Shahim Khalid AmiriHasib Quwayi Markaz † Hamid Saifi Munib Amiri Saleh Mohammad Registani Ghazi Muradi † Abdul Wadud † Khair Mohammad Andrabi † Qayyum MalangYasin ZiaAmrullah SalehBismillah KhanAbdul Rashid DostumAbdulrab Rasul SayyafIsmail KhanMohammad MohaqiqAtta Muhammad NurAhmad Zia Massoud Nasir Ahmad Andarabi † Akmal Amir †Sami SadatMahdi Mujahid †Units involvedIslamic Emirate Armed Forces217 Omari Corps219 Omer-e-Salis DivisionBadri 313 BattalionTaliban special forces (including ex-Red Unit)Lashkar-e Mansouri Martyrdom BattalionAir UnitVarious pro-Taliban militiasForeign Mujahideen (possibly affiliated with al-Qaeda)Jamaat Ansarullah fightersNational Resistance Front of Afghanistan ANSF remnants Afghan National Army remnantsAfghan Air Force remnantsAfghan National Police (GiRoA) remnantsNational Directorate of Security remnantsAhmad Massoud's militiaAndarab Resistance FrontVarious non-NRF militias Anti-Taliban Hazara militias Mahdi Mujahid's militia (23 June – 17 August 2022)Strength 160,000 soldiers and 210,000 police forces and pro-Taliban militia (2024 self-claim)20,000–30,000 (Panjshir resistance; estimates) c. 10,000 (Ahmad Massoud's forces; self-claim)Unknown number of independent militiasCasualties and lossesPer Taliban:UndisclosedPer ICM:2,598 killed, 868 injuredEquipment:Unknown number of military equipment and vehicles lost2 drones shot down1 Mil Mi-17 helicopter shot downPer ICM:249 killedPer media reports:Heavy casualtiesEquipment:Unknown number of military equipment and vehicles lostThe Republican insurgency in Afghanistan is an ongoing conflict waged by armed factions loyal to the defunct Islamic Republic of Afghanistan against the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
KabulCapital and the largest city of AfghanistanCapital and largest city in AfghanistanKabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is within the jurisdiction of Kabul District and has an estimated population of 5,333,284 people. Located in the eastern half of the country, forming part of the Kabul Province, the city is administratively divided into five zones and 22 municipal districts. The current mayor of the city is Mawlawi Abdul Rashid.
TalibanAfghan Islamist militant organizationThe Taliban is a SunniIslamist political and militant organization which has governed Afghanistan since 2021. Having previously ruled the country from 1996 to 2001, the group was overthrown following the United States invasion of Afghanistan and fought a twenty-year war which ended in their return to power.
AfghanistanCountry in Central and South AsiaAfghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.
GrassrootsA grassroots movement uses the people in a given district, region, or community as the basis for a political or social movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from volunteers at the local level to implement change at the local, regional, national, or international levels.
JalalabadJalalabad, previously known as Tarunshahr, and historically known as Nagarahara or Adinapur, is a city in eastern Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Nangarhar Province. It has an estimated population of 318,733 people. Qari Bismellah Bilal is the current mayor of the city. Mohammad Ishaq Saeed serves as the current deputy mayor. Jalalabad is home to Nangarhar University, which is in the northwestern area of the city.
Afghan nationalismAfghan nationalism is the belief or assertion that the Afghan people are a nation. Afghan nationalists promote the cultural integration of all the people living in Afghanistan. However, Afghan nationalists do not always demand for the Pashtun-speaking parts of Pakistan and others, due to already being at ease with the current state of Afghan affairs, and with the thought of a potential burden being posed by a bigger population, or an additional influence in Afghan politics.
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PashtunsEthnic group in Afghanistan and PakistanEthnic groupPashtuns, also known as Pakhtuns and Pathans, are an ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghans, although the 1923 constitution of Afghanistan began the use of 'Afghans' as a demonym for all citizens of the Kingdom, regardless of their ethnic group, to create an Afghan national identity.
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