Faiz Ahmad

Faiz Ahmad ( Persian داکتر فیض احمد; * 1946 in Kandahar ; † November 12, 1986 in Peshawar ) was the founder of the Maoist Afghanistan Liberation Organization .

Life and political activities

He went to a high school in Kabul , where he came into contact with the works of Marx and Lenin. Initially a member of the Maoist Progressive Youth Organization (PYO), he later founded the “Revolutionary Group of People of Afghanistan” during his medical studies, which later renamed itself “Afghanistan Liberation Organization”. In 1976 Ahmad married Meena Keshwar Kamal, who later became known as a suffragette . He supported their political activities.

After the 1978 Saur Revolution , a coup carried out by members of the Afghan Communist People's Party, which was close to the Soviet Union, intellectuals and other opponents of the new regime were persecuted. Faiz Ahmad fled to Pakistan. Meena Keshwar Kamal gave birth to a child underground in Afghanistan. Faiz Ahmad was able to visit Meena Keshwar Kamal after moving to Quetta, Pakistan in 1982, and the couple had twins.

In the 1980s, the Afghanistan Liberation Organization under Ahmad's leadership took part in the Islamist resistance against the socialist government and the intervention of Soviet army units. On November 12, 1986, Ahmad and some companions fell victim to an assassination attempt in Peshawar, which is attributed to the Hizb-i Islami by Gulbuddin Hekmatyār .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 417.
^ Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 418.
^ Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 419.

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personal data
SURNAME	Ahmad, Faiz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	داکتر فیض احمد (Persian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Afghan politician, founder of the Maoist Afghanistan Liberation Organization
DATE OF BIRTH	1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kandahar
DATE OF DEATH	November 12, 1986
Place of death	Peshawar

[Adams417-1] Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 417.

[Adams418-2] Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 418.

[Adams419-3] Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 419.