PDPA

E397122
communist party political party

PDPA was the Marxist-Leninist ruling party of Afghanistan that came to power in the 1978 Saur Revolution and governed during the early years of the Soviet–Afghan War.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
PDPA canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
banned 1992 ⓘ
cameToPowerIn Saur Revolution ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
dateCameToPower 1978-04-27 ⓘ
dissolved 1991 ⓘ
faction Khalq ⓘ
Parcham ⓘ
flag Flag of Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: flag of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
founded 1965 ⓘ
founder Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
generalSecretary Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin ⓘ
Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
governedDuring Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
governingPeriodEnd 1992 ⓘ
governingPeriodStart 1978 ⓘ
governmentTypeSupported one-party socialist state ⓘ
headquarters Kabul ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
implementedPolicy land reform in Afghanistan ⓘ
secularization measures ⓘ
women's rights reforms ⓘ
internationalAffiliation pro-Soviet bloc ⓘ
language Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
mergedFrom Khalq faction ⓘ
Parcham faction ⓘ
notableLeader Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin ⓘ
Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
opposedBy Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
opposedIdeology Islamist movements in Afghanistan ⓘ
partyNewNameAfterReform Watan Party ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
precededBy monarchy of Mohammed Daoud Khan's republic government ⓘ
renamedAs Watan Party ⓘ
securityOrgan AGSA ⓘ
KHAD ⓘ
shortName PDPA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
stateIdeologyOf Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
succeededBy Islamic State of Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Islamic State of Afghanistan (mujahideen government)
supportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
triggeredEvent Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
surface form: Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan
womenWing Democratic Women's Organization of Afghanistan ⓘ
youthWing Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan → shortName → PDPA ⓘ
PDPA → shortName → PDPA self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan