Hezbollah Afghanistan
Hezbollah Afghanistan is a Shia Islamist political party in Afghanistan. It was originally founded in 1980 as a rebel group and part of the Tehran Eight, it fought with Iranian support in the Soviet–Afghan War. In 2005, it became a legal party, and in the 2010s it developed close connections with Liwa Fatemiyoun, a paramilitary force organized by Iran.
Hezbollah Afghanistan حزب الله أفغانستان | |
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| Secretary-General | Ahmad Ali Ghordarwazi |
| Founder | Ahmad Ali Ghordarwazi |
| Founded | 1980 (as rebel group) 2005 (registered as legal party in Afghanistan) |
| Associated group | Liwa Fatemiyoun |
| Ideology | Afghan Shiite minority rights Shia Islamism Khomeinism |
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