People / group

Hezb-e Wahdat

1989 · 20th century · Also known as Hizb-i Wahdat

Hezb-e Wahdat is an Afghan political party founded in 1989 as a union of Shia factions representing the Hazara people, under Abdul Ali Mazari. During the civil war of the 1990s it fought other factions for control of western Kabul. It later joined the Northern Alliance against the Taliban, which killed Mazari in 1995.

Hezb-e Wahdat
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Islamic State of Afghanistan

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hezb-e Wahdat. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hezb-e-wahdat
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