Islamic Revolutionary State of Afghanistan

The Islamic Revolutionary State of Afghanistan (Persian: دولت انقلابی اسلامی افغانستان), also known as the Islamic Revolutionary State of Nuristan, (Persian: دولت انقلابی اسلامی نورستان) was a small Salafist Islamic state located in the north of Bashgal Valley, Nuristan Province. It was founded by Mawlawi Afzal during the nationwide Afghan mujahideen insurgency against the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and established consulates in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.^[1][2][3] The state was absorbed by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after Mawlawi Afzal allied with the Taliban.^[4]

Islamic Revolutionary State of Afghanistan دولت انقلابی اسلامی افغانستان
1980s–1990s
Map of Nuristan Province in Afghanistan, of which the Islamic Revolutionary State of Afghanistan controlled a small region
Status	Unrecognized independent state
Capital and largest city	Bashgal Valley
Religion	Salafi Sunni Islam
Government	Unitary Islamic state
Head of State
• 1980s	Mawlawi Afzal
History
• Established	1980s
• Disestablished	1990s
Currency	Afghan afghani (de facto)
Today part of	Afghanistan

See also

• Islamic Emirate of Badakhshan
• Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)
• Islamic Emirate of Kunar

Further reading

• Daan Van Der Schriek. Nuristan: Insurgent Hideout in Afghanistan. Terrorism Monitor Volume: 3 Issue: 10. May 26, 2006. The Jamestown Foundation.