Afghanistan Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front
Afghanistan Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front (Persian: جبهه مبارزين مجاهد افغانستان, AMFF or AMFFF) was a united front of four Afghan paramilitary factions, formed on the initiative of Maoist groups, including the Revolutionary Group of the Peoples of Afghanistan (RGPA, later named Afghanistan Liberation Organization [ALO]) and the Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan (SAMA)—together with moderate Islamists including the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, in June 1979.[1] They set aside their ideological differences in the fight against a common enemy. The Front fought against the pro-Soviet government and later also the Soviet Army during the Soviet–Afghan War.
| Afghanistan Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front | |
|---|---|
| جبهه مبارزين مجاهد افغانستان | |
 AMFFF symbol | |
| Leaders | Mulavi Dawood |
| Dates of operation | 1979–unknown |
| Group(s) | Islamic Movement of Afghanistan Afghanistan Liberation Organization Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan Sazman-e-al-Jihad Society for the Defense of Islam National Salvation Front |
| Ideology | Big tent opposition to the communist regime and Soviet presence in Afghanistan |
| Allies | Revolutionary Group of the Peoples of Afghanistan Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan |
| Opponents |  Soviet Union.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin |
| Battles and wars | Soviet-Afghan War |
History
On August 5, 1979, the Front tried to initiate an uprising against the Khalq government. The move, which was brutally crushed, became known as the Bala Hissar uprising.[2]
The most famous publication of AMFFF was called Neither Puppet Regime nor Fundamentalism, Freedom and Democracy!, which was widely distributed across Afghanistan in the early 1980s.
The head of AMFFF was Mulavi Dawood, who was abducted and killed by Islamic Party in Peshawar in November 1986.
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