Akram Yari
Akram Yari | |
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Progressive Youth Organization | |
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Born | 1940 Jaghori, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan |
Died | 1979 (aged 38–39) Kabul, Afghanistan |
Nationality | Afghanistan |
Occupation | Politician |
Known for | Revolutionary leader in Afghanistan |
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Early years
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Political activism
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Influence
Under Akram Yari's leadership, PYO had strong support among the masses of workers and students in the cities of Afghanistan. Among the people of Afghanistan, the movement that PYO led is famous by the name of Shola-e-Jawid and its members were commonly known as the Sholais (Flamists), after the name of their journal.
Akram Yari was a teacher and propagator of Marxism and introduced Marxism to a large number of intellectuals and political activists in Afghanistan, among them Dr. Faiz Ahmad, founder of Afghanistan Liberation Organization (ALO).
Arrest and assassination
In 1978 the pro-Soviet PDPA came into power through a military coup. The PDPA government began a crack-down on PYO cadres. Akram Yari was arrested at his home in Jaghori, transferred to Kabul and later killed by the PDPA government. The exact conditions surrounding his death is not known.
See also
- Progressive Youth Organization
- Shalleh-ye Javiyd
- List of Hazara people
References
- ^ نویسنده و تحلیلگر, علی امیری (26 December 2013). "'شعله جاوید' و خاکستری بجا مانده از مائویسم افغانی". BBC Persian.
- ^ ISBN 9788873515616.