Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan | |
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Leader | |
Founder | Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal |
Founded | 1966 |
Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan (Persian: حزب مترقی دموکرات افغانستان) is a political party in Afghanistan, founded in 1966. It was led by Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, who was prime minister from 1965 to 1967.
The party and its followers were generally known by the name of the party newspaper, Musawat.[1]
The party has recently reemerged as a legal party, and is registered with the Ministry of Justice. It is led by Mohammad Wali Arya who resides in the United States of America at the moment.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Ministry of Justice - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Archived 2007-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
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- Political parties in Afghanistan
- Secularism in Afghanistan
- Social democratic parties in Asia
- Monarchist parties in Afghanistan
- Secularist organizations
- Socialist parties in Afghanistan
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