Hizb-i Islami-Khalis [ID 690]

Khali’s Party of Islam, separated from Hikmatyar’s Hizb-i Islami Founded 1979 or 1980 by Yunis Khalis (clergyman, Pashtun) in Pakistan Chairman: Mawlawi Mohammad Yunis Khalis Party members: Sunnites, Pashtu-speaking Pashtuns The power of Hizb-i Islami-Khalis is fundamentally based on the alliance of clerical warlords with the leaders (Shura/council) of the controlling Pashtun tribes and clans in the eastern Nangarhar province Orientation: fundamentalist-Islamist

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30.03.2004 - Source: International Crisis Group

Emerging political fault lines: Pro-Karzai camp strategy to secure support of Pashtun mujahidin associated with Hizb-i Islami factions ("Elections and security in Afghanistan") [#20875],  [ID 691]

"[...] An important element of the pro-Karzai camp's strategy was to secure the support of Pashtun mujahidin, formerly associated with the Hizb-i Islami factions led by Gulbuddin Hikmatyar and Yunis Khalis, as well as Sayyaf's Ittihad-i Islami. The incorporation of former Hizb-i Islami personalities into the government has accelerated since the Constitutional Loya Jirga, an indication that the support extended to Karzai by the party's erstwhile members may be more than a short-term alliance. Sayyaf, while promoting a more radically Islamic agenda than that reflected in the draft constitution, was relatively muted in his protests when his party's proposals were rejected and is reported to have played a conciliatory role during disputes over the draft. [...]"

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