Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-Sunnah

Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-Sunnah
Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-Sunnah
جماعة الدعوة الى القرآن والسنة
Also known as	"The Salafi Group"; "Salafi Taliban"
Founder	Jamil al-Rahman
Dates of operation	c. 1986 – 2010
Allegiance	Islamic Emirate of Kunar (1991) ; Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (since 2010)
Active regions	Kunar, Afghanistan
Ideology	Salafi Jihadism
Part of	Taliban (since 2010)
Allies	al-Qaeda; Lashkar-e-Taiba (negated)
Opponents	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2001-2010); NATO (2001-2010); ISAF (2001-2010); Soviet Union (1986-1989); Republic of Afghanistan (1986-1992); Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (1991);
Battles and wars	Soviet–Afghan War ; Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–1992) ; Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–1996) ; Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001) ; War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-Sunnah (Arabic: جماعة الدعوة الى القرآن والسنة; Society for Dawah to the Quran and Sunnah), abbreviated as JDQS, also known as The Salafi Group, was a militant Islamist organisation operating in eastern Afghanistan.

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