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Northern Alliance
The
Afghan Northern Alliance
, officially known as the
United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan
(
Jabha-yi Muttahid-i Islami-yi Milli bara-yi Nijat-i Afghanistan
), was a
military front
that came to formation in late 1996 after the
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
(Taliban) took over
Kabul
. The United Front was assembled by key leaders of the
Islamic State of Afghanistan
, particularly
president
Burhanuddin Rabbani
and former Defense Minister
Ahmad Shah Massoud
. Initially it included mostly
Tajiks
but by 2000, leaders of other ethnic groups had joined the Northern Alliance. This included
Abdul Rashid Dostum
,
Mohammad Mohaqiq
,
Abdul Qadir
,
Asif Mohseni
and others.
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