Northern Alliance

The Northern Alliance, officially the United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan, was an anti-Taliban military alliance of warlords and military commanders against the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in support of the Islamic State of Afghanistan.[1] It was active between 1996 and 2001.[1] It was based in the city of Taloqan, Afghanistan.[2] In 2001, it was reported that a leader of the movement was killed by Taliban fighters.[3] The group was dissolved in 2001 following the September 11 attacks with the United States invading the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in the War in Afghanistan.[4]

United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan
Participant in Afghan Civil War (1996-2001) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Flag of the Islamic State of Afghanistan
Active	1996-2001
Status	Semi-active as the Panjshir resistance
Ideology	Anti-Jihadism Anti-Talibanism
Leaders	Burhanuddin Rabbani Abdullah Abdullah Ahmad Shah Massoud Abdul Rashid Dostum Haji Abdul Qadeer Muhammad Mohaqiq Karim Khalili
Headquarters	Taloqan, Afghanistan
Area of operations	Islamic State of Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan