Imam Bukhari Jamaat

The Imam Bukhari Jamaat (Uzbek: Imom Buxoriy Katibasi, also Katibat Imam al Bukhari) is an Islamist Salafi group fighting in the Syrian Civil War and the War in Afghanistan, composed of primarily Uzbeks, and expressing loyalty to the Taliban movement.[1] The group originally operated only in Syria, where it is allied with other jihadist organisations such as al-Nusra Front and Ahrar ash-Sham, and alongside these other groups it makes up the Army of Conquest, which overran much of Idlib province in north Syria in 2015.[4] Since late 2016, the group has also began to fight against Afghan National Security Forces, and has claimed to have set up training camps in northern Afghanistan.[3]

Imam Bukhari Jamaat
Logo of the Imam Bukhari Battalion Flag of the Imam Bukhari Battalion
Leaders	Salahadin al Uzbeki †[1][2]
Allegiance	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (since 2017)
Ideology	Islamism
Part of	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[3] Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (2016) Army of Conquest[4]
Allies	Syrian Liberation Front[5] Tahrir al-Sham
Opponents	Syria  United States  Islamic Republic of Afghanistan[3]  Iran  Russia Islamic State Syrian Democratic Forces[6]
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase[7] Siege of Al-Fu'ah-Kafriya (2015)[4] Battle of Aleppo[8] Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015)[9] 2016 Latakia offensive War in Afghanistan (2001–present)[3]
Designated as a terrorist group by	Iraq[10]  Kyrgyzstan[11]  United States[12]

The group is named after Imam Bukhari, a 9th-century Islamic scholar who was from Bukhara in modern-day Uzbekistan.[13]