Sazman-i Nasr

Sazman-i Nasr
LeadersMuhammad Hussain Sadiqi
Abdul Ali Mazari
Shaykh Shafak
Dates of operation1980s
IdeologyShia Islamism
Hazara nationalism
Shariatism
Part ofTehran Eight (1987-1989)
Allies Iran
Opponents Soviet Union
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Battles and warsthe Soviet–Afghan War

Sazman-i Nasr (Dari: سازمان نصر, lit.'Organization of Victory') was a Hazara militant group, opposed to the leftist Afghan government during the 1980s. After the Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan, Nasr was the elite militant group. The organisation included many young men educated in Kabul, among them Shia clergymen, and received support from the Iranian government.[1] It was a part of the Tehran Eight political constellation after 1987.[2]

References

  1. ^ J. Bruce Amstutz . Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation. DIANE Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-7881-1111-6, ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2
  2. ^ "Afghan Nasr Organisation". Terrorism Research & Analysis Consoritium. Retrieved 2020-01-18.