Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-Sunnah
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Not to be confused with Jama'at-ud-Da'wah.
Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-Sunnah (Arabic: جماعة الدعوة الى القرآن والسنة; Society for Dawah to the Quran and Sunnah), abbreviated as JDQS, also known as The Salafi Group,[4] was a militant Islamist organisation operating in eastern Afghanistan.
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Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-Sunnah | |
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جماعة الدعوة الى القرآن والسنة | |
Also known as | "The Salafi Group" "Salafi Taliban" |
Founder | Jamil al-Rahman |
Dates of operation | c. 1986[1] – 2010 |
Allegiance | Islamic Emirate of Kunar (1991)
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (since 2010) |
Active regions | Kunar, Afghanistan |
Ideology | Salafi Jihadism |
Part of | Taliban (since 2010)[2] |
Allies | al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Taiba (negated)[3] |
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Battles and wars | Soviet–Afghan War Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–1992) Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–1996) Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
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