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Liwa Fatemiyoun

The core and origins of Liwa Fatemiyoun is considered to be constituted of the fighters of the Shia militia group Muhammad Army (سپاه محمد) which was active during the Soviet–Afghan War and against the Taliban, until its collapse after the Invasion of Afghanistan, as well as the Abuzar Brigade, an all-Afghan Shia militia group who voluntarily fought in the Iran–Iraq War. During the Iran–Iraq war, these fighters were stationed in the mountainous areas of Loolan and Navcheh in the northwestern Iran, as they had experience in mountain warfare and irregular warfare during the war against the Soviets.

Reports of pro-government Afghan fighters in Syria date back to October 2012. They originally fought in the Iraqi Abu Fadl al-Abbas Brigade before eventually becoming a distinct brigade in 2014.

Holy Shrine Defender

Involvement in Syria and Sayyida Zaynab Shrine
Fix: In the early days of the Syrian Civil War, a truck carrying explosives was moved toward the shrine of Zaynab bint Ali by Syrian opposition forces, the news of which led many volunteers departing to Syria in order to defend the shrine.

Fix: On August 2012, Syrian opposition forces attacked Al-Mashhad area of Aleppo in Syria. After this event, some groups decided to defend the shrine of Sakinah, Daughter of Husayn ibn Ali. .

Protecting the Sayyid Zeinab Shrine features heavily in the experiences of "holy shrine defenders" Forces entering Syria often stop at Zaynab's shrine after first arriving and stop there just before departing [cite]. It also serves as a prominent site for "holy shrine defenders" to participate in Ashura and Arba‘ein commemorations.

-Information about the shrine and Afghans living there;

-Visits to the shrine after arriving and prior to leaving Syria- ceremonies.

War on Terror

** New Drone Strikes section for War on Terror article to appear under "Transnational Actions"

In September 2009, a U.S. drone strike reportedly killed Ilyas Kashmiri, who was the chief of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, a Kashmiri militant group associated with Al-Qaeda. Kashmiri was described by Bruce Riedel as a 'prominent' Al-Qaeda member, while others described him as the head of military operations for Al-Qaeda. Waziristan had now become the new battlefield for Kashmiri militants, who were now fighting NATO in support of Al-Qaeda. On 8 July 2012, Al-Badar Mujahideen, a breakaway faction of Kashmir centric terror group Hizbul Mujahideen, on the conclusion of their two-day Shuhada Conference called for a mobilization of resources for continuation of jihad in Kashmir.

In June 2021, an air force station in Jammu (in India-administered Kashmir) was attacked by drone. Investigators were uncertain whether the attack was initiated by a state or non-state actor.