Shaheed Abdul Ali Mazari

Baba mazari was a political leader of hazara born in charkent


village southern of northern mazar sharif.He was a political

leader of hezbe wahdat and following the soviet invasion of

afghanistan. He began his primary scholling in theology at the

local school in village then went to mazar sharif then qom in

iran then najaf in iraq Simultaneously with the occupation of

Afghanistan by the Red Army, Abdul Ali Mazari returned to his

birthplace and gained a prominent place in the anti-Soviet

resistance movement During the first years of the resistance,

he lost his young brother, Mohammed Sultan, during a battle

against the Soviet-backed forces. He soon lost his sister and

other members of his family in the resistance. His uncle,

Mohammad Ja'afar, and his son, Mohammad Afzal, were imprisoned

and killed by the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

He also lost his father, Haji Khudadad, and his brother,

Haji Mohammad Nabi, in the rebellion and resistance movement.

Abdul Ali Mazari was one of the founding members and the first

leader of the Hezbe Wahdat (Unity Party).

The fall of Kabul to the Mujahideen marked the start of the

Afghan Civil War between various factions, parties and ethnic

groups. During this period, Mazari led the forces of

Hezbe Wahdat who were based in West Kabul. More than twenty-six

fierce battles were fought against Hezbe Wahdat by

the forces of Shora-e-Nezar, Abdur Rasool Sayyaf and Taliban.

Sometimes the relation of Mazari with the general

Abdul Rashid Dostum was quite neutral, sometimes he was an ally,

depending on the situation. The result was total destruction of

Kabul city and the death of more than 50,000 civilians.

More than 900 civilians were massacred in the Hazara-dominated

district of Afshar in Kabul and many more in Karte Seh by the

invading forces of Ahmad Sha Masoud, and Abdur Rasool Sayyaf,

assisted by Hezbe Wahdat defectors( one of them was Mohseni).