Northern Alliance
Anti-Taliban military force
Northern Alliance refers to a military coalition, most notably the Afghan United Front that opposed the Taliban in Afghanistan from 1996 until the U.S. invasion in 2001.
The alliance consisted of various ethnic militias—primarily Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazara forces—and controlled territory in northern Afghanistan.
After September 11, 2001, the Northern Alliance partnered with American forces to topple the Taliban government: Northern Alliance fighters entered Kabul in November 2001.
Afghan Islamist movement
- KabulAfghanistan's capital city
- warlordsMilitary leaders controlling regions
- KandaharAfghan provincial capital
- Soviet invasionUSSR military action abroad
insurgency · guerrilla · frontline · offensive · defense · siege · warfare · battles
Coalition presenting as one
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- blocAllied group sharing interests
- confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
factions · warlords · power-sharing · fragile · temporary · strategic · CIA · special forces
Person from Dushanbe's country
- UzbekCentral Asian Turkic speaker
- PashtunAfghan ethnic majority
- ShiaIslam's second-largest branch
- SunniIslam's largest branch adherent
Afghan · tribal · minorities · factions · regional · commanders · power-sharing · Dari
Open resistance to authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
liberation · autonomy · freedom fighters · defenders · resilience · fortitude · tenacity · stronghold
Taliban
Afghan Islamist movement
- KabulAfghanistan's capital city
- warlordsMilitary leaders controlling regions
- KandaharAfghan provincial capital
Soviet invasion · insurgency · guerrilla · frontline · offensive · defense · siege · warfare · battles · strategist
united front
Coalition presenting as one
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- blocAllied group sharing interests
confederation · factions · warlords · power-sharing · fragile · temporary · strategic · CIA · special forces
Tajik
Person from Dushanbe's country
Sunni · Afghan · tribal · minorities · factions · regional · commanders · power-sharing · Dari · Pashto
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
struggle · liberation · autonomy · freedom fighters · defenders · resilience · fortitude · tenacity · stronghold · sanctuary
- AfghanistanKabul, Kandahar, Pashtun, Tajik, Helmand
- War on TerrorOsama bin Laden, IED, Guantanamo, regime change, troop surge
- Tohoku History
- factionsfactions, faction, splinter groups, splinter party, blocs
northern, alliance, north, northerly, northward, northwards, northerner, northernmost, norther