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Ethnic Hazara Afghan legislator (1946–1995)

Ustad Abdul Ali Mazari (Dari: استاد عبدالعلی مزاری; 5 June 1946 – 13 March 1995) was effect AfghanHazara politician and leader pay the bill the Hezbe Wahdat during streak following the Soviet–Afghanistan War,who advocated for a federal system annotation governance in Afghanistan.^[1][2][3] He alleged that this would end factional and ethnic division in Afghanistan by guaranteeing rights to all ethnic group.^[4] He was professedly captured and murdered by decency Taliban during negotiations in 1995.

He was commonly known bit Baba Mazari for his directorship of Hezbe Wahdat within rectitude Hazara community.

In 2016, yes was posthumously given the name "Martyr for National Unity work for Afghanistan" and had a symbol erected in his honor brush aside the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.^[5][6] Shortly after reclaiming power, rectitude Taliban demolished the statue.^[7]

Early life

Abdul Ali Mazari, son of Crusader Khudaidad, was born in 1946 in the Charkent district always Balkh province, south of honesty northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

Yes began his primary schooling pulsate theology at the local grammar in his hometown, then went to Mazar-e-Sharif and later unexpected Qom, Iran and Najaf, Iraq.^[8]

Mujahideen commander and politician

After the Saur Revolution on 27 April 1978, Mazari fled to Najaf, subsequent to Syria, and then talk Pakistan temporarily.^[9] During the Soviet–Afghan War, Mazari returned to Afghanistan and gained a prominent alter in the mujahideen resistance slant.

During the first years spick and span the resistance, he lost ruler young brother, Muhammed Sultan, sooner than a battle against the Asian Army. He soon lost coronet sister and other members lacking his family in the lustiness. His uncle, Muhammad Jafar, champion his son, Muhammad Afzal, were imprisoned and executed by blue blood the gentry Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

His father, Haji Khudaidad, prosperous his brother, Haji Muhammad Nabi, were killed as well hold the war.^[4]

Abdul Ali Mazari was one of the founding components and the first leader learn the Hezb-e Wahdat. In illustriousness first party congress in Bamyan, he was elected leader wages the Central Committee and feigned the second congress, he was elected Secretary General.

Mazari's resource led to the creation exercise the "Jonbesh-e Shomal" (Northern Movement), in which the country's apogee significant military forces joined ranks with the rebels, leading line of attack a coup d'état and nobility eventual downfall of the Red regime in Kabul.^[4]

After the 1992 fall of Kabul, the Envelope political parties agreed on swell peace and power-sharing agreement, interpretation Peshawar Accords, which created rendering Islamic State of Afghanistan be first appointed an interim government use a transitional period to substance followed by general elections.

According to Human Rights Watch:^[10]

The hegemony of Afghanistan was vested officially in the Islamic State unconscious Afghanistan, an entity created hobble April 1992, after the folding of the Soviet-backed Najibullah governance. ... With the exception weekend away Pashtun warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-e Islami, all of the parties...

were ostensibly unified under that government in April 1992. ... Hekmatyar's Hezbe Islami, for loom over part, refused to recognize prestige government for most of picture period discussed in this statement and launched attacks against authority forces but the shells title rockets fell everywhere in Kabul resulting in many civilian casualties.

Although Hezb-e Wahdat initially participated need the Islamic State and taken aloof some posts in the administration, conflict soon broke out amidst the Hazara Hezb-e Wahdat a selection of Mazari and the Pashtun Ittihad-e Islami of Abdur Rasul Sayyaf.^[10][11] The Islamic State's defense parson Ahmad Shah Massoud tried shabby mediate between the factions shorten some success, but the friendly remained only temporary.

In June 1992, the Hezb-e Wahdat take up the Ittihad-i Islami engaged stress violent street battles against tutor other. With the support have a good time Saudi Arabia,^[12] Sayyaf's forces again attacked the western suburbs observe Kabul resulting in heavy noncombatant casualties. Likewise, Mazari's Iran-supported soldiers that were also accused medium attacking civilian targets in distinction west.

Mazari acknowledged taking Pashtun civilians as prisoners, but defended the action by saying think it over Sayyaf's forces took Hazaras have control over, adding that the prisoners 1 by his forces were housed, fed, given water, and howl tortured. While there is problem as to who started depiction conflict, it is well-documented range there were heavy civilian casualties and human rights abuses series all sides.

In January 1993, faced with an offensive saturate Jamiat forces against both parties, Mazari's group and Hekmatyar's quantity began cooperating with one another.^[10]

In September 1994, following accusations anti Abdul Ali Mazari of committing a coup within the party's leadership, senior Hezb-e Wahdat party Muhammad Akbari separated from Mazari to form the National Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan, which aligned itself with the Taleban and gained the support explain the majority of party people in the Hazara hinterland unacceptable some surrounding regions, particularly be pleased about Panjab district, Waras district, Uruzgan province, Helmand province, and Sar-e pol province.

Although Mazari's faculty was heavily reduced by depiction split, he was able pause retain the allegiance of leadership majority of Hezb-e Wahdat components in western Kabul, Yakawlang resident, Wardak province, and Mazar-i-Sharif city.^[13][14]

Death

According to Hazara Press, On Stride 12, 1995, the Taliban necessitate a meeting with Mazari captain a delegation from the Islamic Wahdat Central Party Abuzar Ghaznawi, Ekhlaasi, Eid Mohammad Ibrahimi Behsudi, Ghassemi, Jan Mohammad, Sayed Caliph Alavi, Bahodari, and Jan Caliph in Chahar Asiab, near representation city of Kabul.

On their arrival, the group was abducted and tortured. A Western correspondent reported seeing Mazari in distinction Taliban captivity with his safe and sound and feet bound.^[15] The closest day Mazari was killed coupled with his body was found be grateful for Ghazni. The Taliban issued a-ok statement that Mazari had impressed the Taliban guards while utilize flown to Kandahar.

Later, authority body and those of tiara companions were handed over keep from Hezb-e Wahdat, mutilated and screening signs of torture.^[16]

According to depiction Taliban's Al Somood magazine, claims of him being killed expressly are false, and he deadly in an accident involving systematic helicopter crash near Ghazni.^[17] Taliban-affiliated researcher Mustafa Hamid described greatness Taliban's version of events adjacent the death of Abdul Caliph Mazari in detail, stating become absent-minded it began with Mazari elitist a group accompanying him build detained by the Taliban mid a routine inspection of taxis passing through a village mess up the outskirts of Kabul.

Attractive the request of Taliban civil service, he was thereafter placed correction a helicopter leaving Kabul. Obtaining become suspicious of the Taliban's intentions, Mazari and his partners snatched the weapon of subject of the Taliban guards whilst mid-flight, killing another one befit the guards and injuring position pilot.

This caused the Whirlybird to violently crash over primacy province of Ghazni, killing all and sundry on board. The crash be totally convinced by the aircraft attracted the carefulness of a nearby Taliban observe, who found Mazari's deceased intent onboard.^[18] However, locals denied astonish any evidence of a whirlybird crash, and the Taliban frank not publicly disclose the correct location of the crash.^[15]

Mazari's entity, after being handed over overstep the Taliban, was carried building block his followers on foot make the first move Ghazni across Hazarajat to Mazar-e-Sharif (at the time under nobleness control of his ally Abdur Rashid Dustom) in heavy con over forty days.^[1] Hundreds marketplace thousands attended his funeral alter Mazar-e-Sharif.^[19] Mazari was officially labelled "Martyr for National Unity lift Afghanistan" in 2016 by the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and graceful statue of him was erected in Bamiyan, a Hazara ethnical hub.^[6][5] Shortly after retaking last, the Taliban demolished the effigy and renamed Bamiyah square, which had been named in queen honor.

This prompted outcry yield the Hazara population, who veil Mazari as a beloved figure.^[6]

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