Jamaat al Dawa al Quran
| Jamaat al Dawa al Quran | |
|---|---|
| Participant in the War in Afghanistan (1978–present) and the Global War on Terrorism | |
| Active | c. 1980s – present |
| Ideology | Salafism |
| Founder | Jamil al-Rahman |
| Area of operations | Kunar, Afghanistan |
| Part of |
 Taliban
|
| Allies |
 al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Taiba
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| Opponents | |
| Battles and wars |
Soviet war in Afghanistan Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–92) Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–96) Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001) War in Afghanistan (2001–14) War in Afghanistan (2015–present) |
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 
NATO
Jamaat al Dawa al Quran (JDQ, Society for the Call to the Quran), also known as Jama’at al-Da’wa ila al-Quran wal-Sunna (JDQS) and the Salafi Group, is a militant Islamist organisation operating in eastern Afghanistan.
Founded around 1986 during the Soviet–Afghan War by Jamil al-Rahman as a splinter from the larger Hezbi Islami faction, Jamaat al Dawa al Quran was a Salafi organisation that hosted many Arab volunteers and received funding from sympathetic Saudi and Kuwaiti businessmen. The group was able to establish an Islamist mini-state in Kunar Province in 1990, but it quickly dissolved after attacks by Hezbi Islami and al-Rahman's assassination in 1991, however JDQ continued to operate.
Following the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan, one faction of JDQ registered as a political party and took part in the 2005 Afghan parliamentary elections. Alleged arbitrary arrests and cultural insensitivity by coalition forces, along with loss of influence in the local Kunar administration, led to JDQ members joining the local insurgency as the Salafi Taliban.
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