Afghanistan Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front Explained

Afghanistan Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front
Native Name:جبهه مبارزين مجاهد افغانستان
Native Name Lang:Persian language
War:Soviet–Afghan War
Active:1979–unknown
Ideology:Afghan nationalism
Anti-imperialism
Anti-Soviet
Anti-PDPA
Factions:
Maoism
Moderate Islamism
Position:Big tent
Clans:Islamic Revolution Movement
Afghanistan Liberation Organization
Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan
Sazman-e-al-Jihad
Society for the Defense of Islam
National Liberation Front
Leaders:Mulavi Dawood
Groups:Afghanistan Liberation Organization
Allies: China
ALO
SAMA
Opponents: Soviet Union
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
Battles:1979 uprisings in Afghanistan

Soviet-Afghan War

Afghanistan Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front (Persian: جبهه مبارزين مجاهد افغانستان, AMFF) was a united front of four Afghan paramilitary factions including the Revolutionary Group of the Peoples of Afghanistan (RGPA, later named Afghanistan Liberation Organization [ALO]) and the Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan (SAMA)—together with moderate Islamists including the Afghanistan National Liberation Front, in June 1979.[1] They set aside their ideological differences in the fight against a common enemy. The Front fought against the pro-Soviet government and later also the Soviet Army during the Soviet–Afghan War.

History

On August 5, 1979, the Front tried to initiate an uprising against the Khalq government. The move, which was brutally crushed, became known as the Bala Hissar uprising.[2]

The most famous publication of AMFF was called Neither Puppet Regime nor Fundamentalism, Freedom and Democracy!, which was widely distributed across Afghanistan in the early 1980s.

The head of AMFF was Mulavi Dawood, who was abducted and killed by Islamic Party in Peshawar in November 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ideology without leadership. afghanistan-analysts.org. September 2012. 31 March 2023. Niamatullah Ibrahimi.
  2. Web site: Glossary of Names and Terms mentioned in the Historical Overview. a-l-o.maoism.ru. 31 March 2023.