mujahedin

or mu·ja·hed·din, mu·ja·hi·deen

[ moo-jah-he-deen ]

plural noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. Muslim guerrilla fighters, especially in Afghanistan and Iran.

Example Sentences

“I write from the Panjshir Valley today, ready to follow in my father’s footsteps, with mujahedin fighters who are prepared to once again take on the Taliban,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

The year is 1989, just before the mujahedin guerrillas took control of the country.

From Los Angeles Times

He described him as a "shy man" and looking "every inch the mountain warrior of mujahedin legend" in their first interview in 1993.

From BBC

Stingers were antiaircraft missiles provided to mujahedin fighters by the United States as part of a covert C.I.A. program.

From New York Times

He gave a shout-out to the lone representative of the eldest generation, a graybeard who had joined the U.S.-backed mujahedin to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times