mujahideen
Noun
Meaning
a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad
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some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists
According to officials, Mir joined the rebels’ ranks in 2014 and took charge of the Hizbul Mujahideen as its top operations commander after Indian troops killed his predecessor Riyaz Naikoo in May.
After President Najibullah 's resignation in 1992 and the end of Soviet support, the military dissolved into portions controlled by different warlord factions and the mujahideen took control over the government.
The accused, along with other militants of Hizbul Mujahideen, were planning to execute terror attack in Delhi and other parts of the country and targeted killings of protected persons, police had told the court.
He controlled a large sized mujahideen force, mainly his fellow Tajiks from western Afghanistan.
Almost immediately after the Soviet withdrawal, the Battle of Jalalabad broke out between Afghan government forces and the mujahideen.