mujahedin
Americanplural noun
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“I write from the Panjshir Valley today, ready to follow in my father’s footsteps, with mujahedin fighters who are prepared to once again take on the Taliban,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2021
LIFG’s leader, Abdelhakim Belhaj, had been among those veterans, fighting against the Soviet-backed government in Afghanistan in the 1980’s alongside local mujahedin armed and trained by the CIA.
From Salon • May 27, 2017
Only a year after his triumphant return from space, the Russians had withdrawn from Afghanistan, he had been appointed deputy civil aviation minister and the mujahedin were closing in on Kabul.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2014
“When the mujahedin succeeded, the next day … the U.S. and Europe closed their embassies and left and we were left to the wishes of our neighbors and those around us,” Karzai said.
From Newsweek • Jun. 10, 2013
A civil war between mujahedin factions erupted following the 1992 fall of the Communist regime.
From The 2006 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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