National Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan
National Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan حزب وحدت ملی اسلامی افغانستان Hizb-i-Wahdat-i-Milli-Islami-i-Afghanistan | |
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Religious conservatism Afghan Nationalism | |
National Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan (
Foundation
The party emerged in the early 1990s out of a split in the Hezbe Wahdat leadership between
Tensions between the various components of Hezbe Wahdat re-emerged at the parties September 1994 leadership election. Both Akbari and Mazari wished to hold the election in their own respective power bases; Hazarjat for Akbari and Kabul for Mazari. Mazari ultimately won out, and the election was held in Kabul, and saw Mazari elected leader with 43 votes in comparison to the 33 cast in favour of Akbari. The results saw Mazari elected as Secretary General whilst Akbari took over as Chairperson of Hezbe Wahdat's Central Committee. In his new position Mazari advocated in favour of maintaining Hezbe Wahdat's alliance with Hizbi-Islami and Junbish-i-Milli. In contrast Akbari, distressed at high Hazara casualties in the ongoing
Ideology
Akbari supported the
See also
References
- ISBN 9781483333274.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ ISBN 9781107023024.
- ^ "Database". Afghan-bios.info. Retrieved 4 March 2019.