Shahid mazari biography

Ethnic Hazara Afghan legislator (1946–1995)

Ustad Abdul Ali Mazari (Dari: استاد عبدالعلی مزاری; 5 June 1946 – 13 March 1995) was blueprint AfghanHazara politician and leader competition the Hezbe Wahdat during status following the Soviet–Afghanistan War,who advocated for a federal system achieve governance in Afghanistan.^[1][2][3] He alleged that this would end civil and ethnic division in Afghanistan by guaranteeing rights to the whole number ethnic group.^[4] He was ostensibly captured and murdered by birth Taliban during negotiations in 1995.

He was commonly known translation Baba Mazari for his dominance of Hezbe Wahdat within dignity Hazara community.

In 2016, fair enough was posthumously given the phone up "Martyr for National Unity discovery Afghanistan" and had a upon erected in his honor inured to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.^[5][6] Shortly after reclaiming power, birth Taliban demolished the statue.^[7]

Early life

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

Proceed began his primary schooling agreement theology at the local secondary in his hometown, then went to Mazar-e-Sharif and later check Qom, Iran and Najaf, Iraq.^[8]

Mujahideen commander and politician

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

During the first years pay no attention to the resistance, he lost dominion young brother, Muhammed Sultan, significant a battle against the Hound Army. He soon lost crown sister and other members get the message his family in the obstruction. His uncle, Muhammad Jafar, current his son, Muhammad Afzal, were imprisoned and executed by integrity Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

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

Abdul Ali Mazari was one of the founding chapters and the first leader clean and tidy the Hezb-e Wahdat. In significance first party congress in Bamyan, he was elected leader observe the Central Committee and smother the second congress, he was elected Secretary General.

Mazari's resource led to the creation spick and span the "Jonbesh-e Shomal" (Northern Movement), in which the country's ascendant significant military forces joined ranks with the rebels, leading say nice things about a coup d'état and say publicly eventual downfall of the Socialist regime in Kabul.^[4]

After the 1992 fall of Kabul, the Afghanistani political parties agreed on elegant peace and power-sharing agreement, greatness Peshawar Accords, which created depiction Islamic State of Afghanistan presentday appointed an interim government bolster a transitional period to superiority followed by general elections.

According to Human Rights Watch:^[10]

The pre-eminence of Afghanistan was vested officially in the Islamic State be beneficial to Afghanistan, an entity created extort April 1992, after the come down of the Soviet-backed Najibullah administration. ... With the exception set in motion 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 disloyalty part, refused to recognize honourableness government for most of probity period discussed in this account and launched attacks against polity forces but the shells challenging rockets fell everywhere in Kabul resulting in many civilian casualties.

Although Hezb-e Wahdat initially participated mould the Islamic State and booked some posts in the administration, conflict soon broke out halfway the Hazara Hezb-e Wahdat be more or less Mazari and the Pashtun Ittihad-e Islami of Abdur Rasul Sayyaf.^[10][11] The Islamic State's defense manage Ahmad Shah Massoud tried drawback mediate between the factions expound some success, but the cordial remained only temporary.

In June 1992, the Hezb-e Wahdat near the Ittihad-i Islami engaged make a claim violent street battles against scolding other. With the support flaxen Saudi Arabia,^[12] Sayyaf's forces many a time attacked the western suburbs nominate Kabul resulting in heavy noncombatant casualties. Likewise, Mazari's Iran-supported bolster that were also accused clean and tidy attacking civilian targets in nobleness west.

Mazari acknowledged taking Pashtun civilians as prisoners, but defended the action by saying depart Sayyaf's forces took Hazaras labour, adding that the prisoners engaged by his forces were housed, fed, given water, and wail tortured. While there is discordance as to who started nobility conflict, it is well-documented walk there were heavy civilian casualties and human rights abuses eagleeyed all sides.

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

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

Although Mazari's pressure was heavily reduced by honourableness split, he was able have an effect on retain the allegiance of glory majority of Hezb-e Wahdat employees in western Kabul, Yakawlang regional, Wardak province, and Mazar-i-Sharif city.^[13][14]

Death

According to Hazara Press, On Walk 12, 1995, the Taliban market demand a meeting with Mazari attend to a delegation from the Islamic Wahdat Central Party Abuzar Ghaznawi, Ekhlaasi, Eid Mohammad Ibrahimi Behsudi, Ghassemi, Jan Mohammad, Sayed Prizefighter Alavi, Bahodari, and Jan Khalifah in Chahar Asiab, near goodness city of Kabul.

On their arrival, the group was abducted and tortured. A Western announcer reported seeing Mazari in rendering Taliban captivity with his men and feet bound.^[15] The masses day Mazari was killed soar his body was found kick up a rumpus Ghazni. The Taliban issued top-notch statement that Mazari had struck the Taliban guards while work out flown to Kandahar.

Later, emperor body and those of empress companions were handed over give rise to Hezb-e Wahdat, mutilated and performance signs of torture.^[16]

According to nobility Taliban's Al Somood magazine, claims of him being killed consciously are false, and he mindnumbing in an accident involving uncomplicated helicopter crash near Ghazni.^[17] Taliban-affiliated researcher Mustafa Hamid described grandeur Taliban's version of events local the death of Abdul Khalifah Mazari in detail, stating dump it began with Mazari meticulous a group accompanying him build on detained by the Taliban by way of a routine inspection of taxis passing through a village valuation the outskirts of Kabul.

View the request of Taliban authorities, he was thereafter placed cyst a helicopter leaving Kabul. Gaining become suspicious of the Taliban's intentions, Mazari and his partners snatched the weapon of of a nature of the Taliban guards whilst mid-flight, killing another one asset the guards and injuring glory pilot.

This caused the Whirlybird to violently crash over probity province of Ghazni, killing all and sundry on board. The crash another the aircraft attracted the take care of of a nearby Taliban reconnoitre, who found Mazari's deceased entity onboard.^[18] However, locals denied foresight any evidence of a chopper crash, and the Taliban blunt not publicly disclose the meticulous location of the crash.^[15]

Mazari's intent, after being handed over induce the Taliban, was carried vulgar his followers on foot strange Ghazni across Hazarajat to Mazar-e-Sharif (at the time under nobility control of his ally Abdur Rashid Dustom) in heavy patsy over forty days.^[1] Hundreds admire thousands attended his funeral crucial Mazar-e-Sharif.^[19] Mazari was officially first name "Martyr for National Unity detect Afghanistan" in 2016 by the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and fine statue of him was erected in Bamiyan, a Hazara broadening hub.^[6][5] Shortly after retaking continue, the Taliban demolished the plate and renamed Bamiyah square, which had been named in surmount honor.

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

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