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Sunni parties
Islamists
Hizb-i islami: radical Islamists, led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Its recruits are amongst those who were educated in the secular government schools and also some ʿulama from the Kabul region. Mainly Pashtun.
Hizb-i islami (Khalis): moderate Islamists, led by Mawlawi Yunus Khalis. Its recruits come from those educated in the government schools and the ʿulama of the Khugiani and Jadran tribes as well as in the region of Kabul and Kandahar. Pashtun.
Jamʿyyat-i islami: moderate Islamists, led by Burhanuddin Rabbani. Its recruits come from amongst those educated in the government schools (both religious and secular), the ʿulama in the north and naqshbandi in the north. Mainly Tajik.
Traditionalists
Harakat-i inqilab-i islami: moderate clerical party, led by Muhammad Nabi Muhammadi. It gains recruits from the ʿulama educated in private madrasa. Mainly Pashtun.
Jabha-yi nejat-i milli (National Liberation Front): secular, led by Sebghatullah Mujaddidi. Its recruits come mainly from the tribes, the establishment of the old social order and the naqshbandi in the south.
Mahaz-i islami (Islamic Front): Royalist, led by Pir Sayyad Ahmad Gaylani. Its recruits come from the establishment of the old social order, the tribes and the qadiri in the south. Mainly Pashtun.
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