Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan
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Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan
حزب كمونيست (مائوئيست) افغانستان |
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| Founded | 2004 |
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Communism Marxism-Leninism Maoism |
| International affiliation | Revolutionary Internationalist Movement |
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The Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan (Persian: حزب كمونيست (مائوئيست) افغانستان, Hezb-e Komunist (Ma'uist) Afghanistan) previously known as Communist Party of Afghanistan is an underground political party in Afghanistan. The party is the continuation of the line started by the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement.
The Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan is an underground organization, with the stated goal of starting a "people's national war of resistance against the occupying forces and the United States of America", establishing a New democratic society, and establishing socialism in Afghanistan.
The first communist organization in Afghanistan, Progressive Youth Organization (PYO) was formed in 1965. There were daily demonstrations, and street fighting between students, workers, and social justice activists and police and armed forces of King Zaher Shah of Afghanistan. These struggles led to the formation of Progressive Youth Organization. A few circles of intellectuals and political activists came together to form the first communist organization to work for the goal of revolution in Afghanistan. Akram Yari, a Maoist, was the leader of one these circles, who played a prominent role in the formation of PYO.
PYO remained an underground organization. The PYO leaders published a magazine called Sholaye Jawid. Sholaye Jawid claimed to be a new-democratic journal, which was widely and openly circulated. After publishing 11 issues, Sholaye Jawid was seized by government and its publication banned. The government of the time used law enforcement and Islamic fundamentalists against Sholaye Jawid supporters. These government tactics led to physical confrontation between those who supported the Maoists and those who were against the Maoists, that resulted to the death of a prominent Maoist student leader Saydal Sokhandan, who was assassinated by Gulbadin Hekmatyar on the Kabul University campus. Gulbadin Hekmatyar later became the leader of the Islamic Party of Afghanistan, who has been a key ally of the United States in the past.
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