People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

E90551
Marxist–Leninist party communist party political party

The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was a Soviet-aligned Marxist-Leninist political party that ruled Afghanistan after the 1978 Saur Revolution and was a central actor in the ensuing Soviet–Afghan conflict.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Jamiat-e Islami 1
Khalq faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan 1
People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist–Leninist party ⓘ
communist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
alignedWith Soviet Union ⓘ
bannedBy post-1992 Afghan authorities ⓘ
cameToPowerThrough Saur Revolution ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
dateCameToPower 1978-04-27 ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1992-03-14 ⓘ
faction Parcham faction ⓘ
surface form: Khalq faction

Parcham faction ⓘ
foundedBy Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
foundingDate 1965-01-01 ⓘ
governedCountry Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Afghanistan (Najibullah era)
headquartersLocation Kabul ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
implementedPolicy land reform in Afghanistan ⓘ
modernization programs ⓘ
state atheism measures ⓘ
involvedIn Afghan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Saur Revolution ⓘ
Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
language Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1992 banned ⓘ
nativeName People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: حزب دموکراتیک خلق افغانستان
nativeNameLanguage fa ⓘ
notableLeader Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin ⓘ
Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
opposedBy Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
Islamist groups in Afghanistan ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
predecessor underground communist circles in Afghanistan ⓘ
reasonForLossOfPower capture of Kabul by mujahideen forces in 1992 ⓘ
collapse of Soviet support ⓘ
shortName PDPA ⓘ
stateForm one-party state ⓘ
successor Hezb-e Watan ⓘ
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Watan Party of Afghanistan
supportedBy Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeInPowerEnd 1992 ⓘ
timeInPowerStart 1978 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Mohammad Najibullah → memberOf → People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Babrak Karmal → memberOfPoliticalParty → People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan → nativeName → People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: حزب دموکراتیک خلق افغانستان
Soviet–Afghan War → opponent → People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jamiat-e Islami
Harakat-i Inqilab-i Islami → opposed → People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
Mahaz-e Milli → opposedTo → People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
Saur Revolution → participant → People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
Saur Revolution → participant → People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khalq faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan → successor → People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watan Party of Afghanistan
Soviet–Afghan War → supporterOf → People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ