| Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan | |
| Native Name: | Šūrā-e-Inqilābī-e-Ittifāq-e-Islāmī Afğānistān |
| Leader: | Sayyid Ali Beheshti |
| Chairman: | --> |
| Founded: | September 1979 |
| Legalized: | --> |
| Dissolved: | 1989 |
| Merged: | Hezbe Wahdat |
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| Religion: | Shia Islam |
| National: | Tehran Eight (from 1987) |
| International: | Islamic Republican Party |
| Colours: | --> |
| State: | Afghanistan |
| Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan | |
| War: | the Soviet–Afghan War |
| Active: | September 1979-1989 |
| Ideology: | Shia Islamism Hazara nationalism |
| Leaders: | Sayyid Ali Beheshti |
| Partof: | Tehran Eight |
| Opponents: | Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |
The Revolutionary Council of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan (fa|شوراء انقلاب اتفاق اسلامی افغانستان, Shura-i Engelab-i Ettefaq-i Islami Afghanistan, often called simply Shura) was a Hazara political movement which appeared in Afghanistan in 1979 in opposition to the increasingly leftist Kabul government. The movement was led by Sayyid Ali Beheshti.[1]
The Shura had both political and militant arms, and removed many Kabul-backed authorities within the Hazarajat (Hazara-populated region of Afghanistan), replacing them with their own functionaries.The Shura was considered as a government for the whole Hazarajat and used to be a powerful party among the Hazaras. By the end of 1983 the Shura controlled 60% of the population of the Hazarajat.[2]
The Shura was the primary Hazara resistance movement part of the Tehran Eight political constellation, followed by the Al-Nasr (Victory) and the Union of Islamic Fighters.[3]