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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
mujaheddin
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
group
▪ The interim government had tried unsuccessfully to separate the factions, by using loyal militia and neutral mujaheddin groups.
▪ Initial discussions were fruitless, but on April 24 a majority of the mujaheddin groups agreed to a three-stage plan.
▪ The first group of officers arrested were believed to be linked with the fundamentalist Hizb-i-Islami mujaheddin group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
leader
▪ Kozyrev, who brought with him a cargo of food and medicine, congratulated mujaheddin leaders on toppling the Najibullah regime.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A mujaheddin rocket attack on Kabul on Feb. 29 killed at least 21 people.
▪ In Maydan Shar on Aug. 17, 100 Kabul militiamen were reportedly killed in heavy fighting with mujaheddin forces.
▪ More than 30 people were reported killed and hundreds injured in Kabul on Aug. 13 following rocket attacks by mujaheddin forces.
▪ The mujaheddin attack was further weakened by internal rivalries.
▪ The mujaheddin had launched a fresh rocket offensive against the city on Feb. 26.
▪ The city, the capital of Kunar province, was under mujaheddin control.
▪ The first group of officers arrested were believed to be linked with the fundamentalist Hizb-i-Islami mujaheddin group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
▪ With the ceasefire in operation, government troops attempted to restore order in Kabul by disarming mujaheddin fighters roaming the city.
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mujaheddin

n. (alt form mujahideen English)

Usage examples of "mujaheddin".

During the Afghan wars the quote used about the Hind by the mujaheddin was "We do not fear the Russians, but we fear their helicopters.

That was not an option given that there were about four thousand Chechen and foreign mujaheddin holding those lines.

Adams said as the mujaheddin who had been standing up holding the machine gun slammed across one of the trees with an audible "crack" as his back broke.

Since then he had built his reputation, and unit, into one of the finest the mujaheddin had.

The old mujaheddin was good, but could he cut the triangle fast enough to cut off the Keldara?

Most of the mujaheddin types that were serious about the "cause" had been turned into Dreen fodder over the last few months.

As the mujaheddin did during the Soviet oc­cupation, al Qaeda and Taliban fighters were using the Tora Bora cave bunkers, accessible only by mule, as hideaways and depots.