Sieges of Kabul
| War in Afghanistan (1992–1996 period) | ||||||||
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| Part of the Afghan Civil War | ||||||||
 Kabul in 1993 |
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
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Hezb-i Wahdat (after Dec. 1992)  Junbish-i Milli (Jan. 1994-Aug. 1994)Supported by  Uzbekistan
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 Al Qaeda (from early 1996) |
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| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Abdul Rashid Dostum (until 1994) |
Abdul Rashid Dostum (from 1994) |
Mohammad Rabbani (Taliban prime minister and field commander in 1996) Abdul-Razzaq Akhoundzada (Taliban field commander in 1996) Ayman al-Zawahiri
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| Strength | ||||||||
| 25,000 (1996) | ||||||||
| Wahdat worked with the Islamic government of Afghanistan until it withdrew in late 1992 joining Hezb-i Islami. Dostum, previously allied with Massoud, joined forces with Hekmatyar in 1994. Harakat remaining allied to Jamiat generally fought with Wahdat against Ittehad, however, occasionally it fought against Wahdat as well. In 1995 Massoud and the ISA forces were able to control most of Kabul. Pakistan stopped support to Hekmatyar in 1995, and supported the Taliban instead. Without Pakistani support, and with the arrival of the Taliban Hekmatyar stopped fighting against the Islamic State of Afghanistan. | ||||||||
Hezb-i Islami (until late 1994)
Supported by
Pakistan (until 1995)
Hezb-i Wahdat (after Dec. 1992)
Supported by
Iran
Taliban (from late 1994)
Supported by Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
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