Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan
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Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan حزب كمونيست (مائوئيست) افغانستان | |
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Abbreviation | C(M)PA |
Founded | 2004 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-left |
International affiliation | Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (defunct) |
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The Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan (Persian: حزب كمونيست (مائوئيست) افغانستان, Hezb-e Komunist (Ma'uist) Afghanistan), previously known as the Communist Party of Afghanistan, is an underground communist party in Afghanistan oriented around Marxism–Leninism–Maoism (MLM). The party was founded in 2004 through the merger of five MLM parties. It was a member of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM).
During the U.S.-led occupation of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021, the party's stated goal was to start a people's war in order to expel foreign forces from Afghanistan, with the ultimate goal of establishing a New Democratic society and socialism in the country.[1] After the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces from Afghanistan and the establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by the Taliban in mid-2021, the party changed its primary goal to overthrowing the Taliban's government.[2]
History
The first communist organization in Afghanistan,
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
When the
The hardline Maoist organisations detached themselves from those who cooperated with the mujahideen, and in the late 1980s these groups formed the Revolutionary Communist Cell of Afghanistan (RCCA). The RCCA along with others formed the Revolutionary Communist Organization of Afghanistan (RCOA), which in 1991 proclaimed the establishment of the Communist Party of Afghanistan (CPA). The CPA renewed publication of Sholaye Jawid, stating their intent to follow in the footsteps of the PYO and its founder Akram Yari.
Following the
References
- ^ "CPA Chairman on the Responsibilities of the Maoists". www.sholajawid.org. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2006.
- ^ "Honor the Martyrs Day of Afghanistan's Maoist Movement". 28 November 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Afghanistan Maoists Unite in a Single Party". A World to Win. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2006.