List of political parties in Afghanistan

This list of political parties in Afghanistan contains the names of parties in Afghanistan , references to the original spelling, English translations, date of establishment, political orientation, references to the ethnicity or religious grouping of their members. In addition, founders, chairmen or their leaders are named as far as possible.

Overview

The following parties received a license:

• Islamic Association of Afghanistan / Dschamiat-i Islāmī-yi Afghanistān / Jamiat-e-Islami Afghanistan / Islamic Association of Afghanistan, moderate Islamic party, founded in 1972, many members Tajiks , Sunni party, leader Burhānuddin Rabbāni (1940-2011), guerrilla Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953–2001) killed in September 2001, his successor was his deputy Mohammed Fahim (1957–2014)
• Party of Islamic Unity in Afghanistan / Afghan Unity Party / Hizb-e-Islami-Wahdat / Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan; Original name: League of the Islamic Revolution in Afghanistan , in short: eight-party alliance, founded in 1987, changed to today's name in 1991, Islamic party, Shiites , many members from the Hazara ethnic minority , Leader Abdul Ali Mazari (1946–1995) killed by the Taliban in March 1995 ; important leader Abdul Karim Chalili (1950-)
• National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan / Junbisch-i Melli-yi Islāmi-ye Afghanistan / Junbish-e Milli-yi Islami-yi Afghanistan / National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan; important leader Abdul Raschid Dostum (? -), Uzbek
• Afghan National Liberation Front / Jabha-ye-Najat-e-Milli-ye-Afghanistan / Afghan National Liberation Front, founded in 1978, nationalist party, Pashtuns , Islamic party, Sunnis , important leader Sibghatullah Modschaddedi (1925-)
• Islamic Party of Afghanistan / Hizb-e-Islami-e-Khalis / Hezb-e Eslami (Chalis) / Islamic Party of Afghanistan, created in 1979 by splitting off from the Hizb-i Islāmī (Islamic Party) from Gulbuddin Hekmatyār , Pashtuns , Islamic party, Sunnis , important leader of June Chalis (1919–2006)
• Union of Islamic Jihadists in Afghanistan / Islamic Union for the Liberation of Afghanistan / Islamic Unity for the Freedom of Afghanistan / Itehad e Islami Bara e Azadi e Afghanistan / Union of Islamic Jihadists in Afghanistan, founded in 1981, Pashtuns , Islamic Party, Sunnis , important leader Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946-)
• National Islamic Front of Afghanistan / Mahaz-e-Milli-ye-Islami / National Islamic Front of Afghanistan, founded in 1979, nationalist party, Pashtuns , Islamic party, Sunnis , important leader Sayed Ishaq Gailani (1954-)
• Movement of the Islamic Revolution in Afghanistan / Harakat-e-Inkelabi-e-Islami-e-Afghanistan / Islamic revolutionary movement in Afghanistan, founded in 1978, nationalist party, Pashtuns , Islamic party, Sunnis , important leader Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi († 2002)
• Islamic Movement of Afghanistan / Harakat-e Islami-ye Afghanistan / Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, founded in 1979, Islamic party, Shiites , under the clergyman Ayatollah Assef Mohseni (1935-)
• National Front of Afghanistan, founded in March 2007

Previous parties

• Fatherland Party / Homeland Party, 1965 est., Originally People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan / People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan changed in 1990 Name, Chairman Mohammad Najibullah (1947-1996), split in 1992
• Islamic Party / Hizb-i Islāmī / Hizb-e-Islami-e-Hekmatyar, founded in 1974, leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyār (1947-), later split

See also

• Peshawar seven
• Tehran-Acht (Shiite eight-party alliance; Russian Shiitskaya vosmerka)

Web links

• baike.baidu.com: Afuhan (Chinese)
• unhcr.org: DOCUMENT D'INFORMATION. AFGHANISTAN. Janvier 2008. Direction of research. Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://moj.gov.af/fa/page/1700