(in Afghanistan and Iran) fundamentalist Muslim guerrillas; in Afghanistan in 1992 the mujaheddin overthrew the government but were unable to agree on a constitution due to factional conflict and in 1996 Taliban forces seized power
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Examples of 'the mujaheddin' in a sentence
the mujaheddin
What do you think of the mujaheddin?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It never looks at the mujaheddin with a sceptical eye.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The mujaheddin's predictions did not take long to come true.