Imam Bukhari Jamaat
The Imam Bukhari Jamaat (Uzbek: Imom Buxoriy Katibasi, also Katibat Imam al Bukhari) is an Islamist Salafi group fighting in the Syrian Civil War and the War in Afghanistan, composed of primarily Uzbeks, and expressing loyalty to the Taliban movement. The group originally operated only in Syria, where it is allied with other jihadist organisations such as al-Nusra Front and Ahrar ash-Sham, and alongside these other groups it makes up the Army of Conquest, which overran much of Idlib province in north Syria in 2015. Since late 2016, the group has also began to fight against Afghan National Security Forces, and has claimed to have set up training camps in northern Afghanistan.
| Imam Bukhari Jamaat | |
|---|---|
Logo of the Imam Bukhari Battalion Flag of the Imam Bukhari Battalion | |
| Leaders | Salahadin al Uzbeki † |
| Allegiance | Taliban (claimed by Imam Bukhari Jamaat since 2017) |
| Ideology | Islamism Salafi Jihadism |
| Part of | Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (2016) Army of Conquest |
| Allies | Syrian Liberation Front Tahrir al-Sham |
| Opponents | Syria United States Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Iran Russia Islamic State Syrian Democratic Forces |
| Battles and wars | Syrian Civil War
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| Designated as a terrorist group by | Iraq Kyrgyzstan United States |
The group is named after Imam Bukhari, a 9th-century Islamic scholar who was from Bukhara in modern-day Uzbekistan.