The Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan (Dari: Shura-i Engelab-i Ettefaq-i Islami Afghanistan, often called simply Shura) was a Hazara political movement which appeared in Afghanistan in 1979, opposed to the increasingly leftist Kabul government. The movement was led by Sayyid Ali Beheshti

Sayyid Ali Beheshti

Sayyid Ali Beheshti was a leader of the Shia Hazara ethnic group of Afghanistan, who became president of the Shura-yi Enqelabi-yi Ettefaq-i Islami-yi Afghanistan . Born in Bamyan province, Beheshti was educated in Saudi Arabia and Iraq where he became a modarres...

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The Shura had both political and militant arms, and removed many Kabul-backed authorities within the Hazarajat

Hazarajat

The Hazarajat is the original homeland of the Hazara people, and lies in the central highlands of Afghanistan, among the Koh-i-Baba mountains and the western extremities of the Hindu Kush. Its physical boundaries, however, are roughly marked by the Bamiyan Basin to the north, the headwaters of...

 (Hazara-populated region of Afghanistan), replacing them with their own functionaries. By the end of 1983 the Shura controlled 60% of the population of the Hazarajat.

The Shura was the primary Hazara resistance movement, followed by the Al-Nasr

Al-Nasr (Afghanistan)

Al-Nasr was a Hazara militant group opposed to the leftist Afghan government during the 1980s. After the Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan, Al-Nasr was the primary Hazara militant group. The organisation included many young men educated in Iran, including Shia clergymen, and...

 (Victory) and the Union of Islamic Fighters.