The National Islamic Front of Afghanistan or NIFA (Mahaz-i Milli-yi Islami-yi Afghanistan) is an Afghan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 party led by Sufi leader Pir Sayed Ahmed Gailani

Ahmed Gailani

Pir Sayyid Ahmed Gailani , is the leader of the Qadiriyyah Sufi order in Afghanistan, and the founder of the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan , a party that was associated with the Mujahideen who led the war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s...

. It is primarily (but not exclusively) a Pashtun party, followers of the Sufi holy man Pir Sayed Ahmed Gailani have a reputation for moderate thought and the traditional mystical and introspective religious currents that characterize Sufism in that sect. During the 90s it was a minor party within the Northern Alliance

United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan

The United Islamic Front , known in the West and Pakistan as the Northern Alliance, was a military-political umbrella organization created by the Islamic State of Afghanistan in 1996 under the leadership of Defense Minister Ahmad Shah Massoud...

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• Program for Culture and Conflict Studies. Wardak. US Naval Postgraduate School. Last updated 23 January 2009.