Jamaat Ansarullah
| Jamaat Ansarullah | |
|---|---|
| جماعت انصارالله Ҷамоати Ансоруллоҳ | |
Flag used by Jamaat Ansarullah | |
| Leaders | Amriddin Tobarov † (2006–2015) Muhammad Shafirov (2015–present) |
| Dates of operation | 2006–present |
| Allegiance | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Motives | Overthrow of the Republic of Tajikistan and the establishment of an Islamic emirate |
| Headquarters | Badakhshan, Afghanistan |
| Active regions | |
| Ideology | Islamic fundamentalism Jihadism Islamic nationalism Tajik nationalism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Size | 500 |
| Part of | Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (2006–2019) |
| Allies | Taliban (alleged; denied by the Taliban) al-Qaeda (alleged) Turkistan Islamic Party Pakistani Taliban (alleged) |
| Opponents | Tajikistan National Resistance Front Islamic State - Khorasan Province |
| Wars | War in Afghanistan |
| Designated as a terrorist group by | Tajikistan |
Jamaat Ansarullah, also known as the Tajikistani Taliban or Tehreek-e-Taliban Tajikistan, is a Tajikistani Islamic fundamentalist militant group operating out of Northeastern Afghanistan with the intention of overthrowing the current government of Tajikistan. The organization emerged from Islamist factions of the United Tajik Opposition opposed to the 1997 armistice that ended the Tajikistani Civil War.
As of July 2021, the organization has served as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s partial border security for the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border. The group has also been a flashpoint of deterioration in Afghanistan–Tajikistan relations under the Taliban regime.