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Xinjiang conflict

Xinjiang conflict
Part of the Cold War and the War on Terror
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Xinjiang region in China
Date 1960 – present (57 years)
Location Xinjiang, China
Status Ongoing
Belligerents

 People's Republic of China

ETPRP
(1969–1989)
URFET
(1969–1989)
Supported by:
Soviet Union Soviet Union (1969–1989)
 Mongolian People's Republic (1960–1989)

Turkistan Islamic Party
ETLO (2000–2003)
Supported by:
Al-Qaeda
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant IMU
IJU
Hizb ut-Tahrir
ETESA (denied)

Grey Wolves
Commanders and leaders
Xi Jinping (2012–present)
Mao Zedong (1945–1976)
Hua Guofeng (1976–1981)
Deng Xiaoping (1981–1989)
Jiang Zemin (1989–2002)
Hu Jintao (2002–2012)
Yusupbek Mukhlisi (1969–1989) Abdullah Mansour
Zeydin Yusup 
Hasan Mahsum 
Abdul Haq  (WIA)
Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani 
Casualties and losses
~1,000 killed (2007–2016)

 People's Republic of China

Turkistan Islamic Party
ETLO (2000–2003)
Supported by:
Al-Qaeda
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant IMU
IJU
Hizb ut-Tahrir
ETESA (denied)


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