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, founding date, political orientation, references to ethnicity or religious group of their relatives. In addition, founder, chairman, or their leaders are mentioned where possible.

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The following parties were given a license:

  • Islamic Association of Afghanistan / Jamiat -i Islami -yi Afghanistan / Jamiat -e -Islami Afghanistan / Islamic Association of Afghanistan, moderate Islamic party, founded in 1972, many members of Tajiks, Sunni party leader Burhanuddin Rabbani ( 1940-2011 ), guerrilla commander Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953-2001) killed in September 2001, and was succeeded by his deputy, Mohammed Fahim ( 1957-2014 )
  • Party of Islamic Unity of Afghanistan (s) / Afghan Unity Party / Hizb -e- Wahdat Islami / Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan; original name: League of the Islamic revolution in Afghanistan nesting ( League of the Islamic revolution in Afghanistan), in short: Eight - Party Alliance, founded in 1987, in 1991 changed to the present name, an Islamic party, Shiites, many members of the ethnic minority Hazara, leader Abdul Ali Mazari (1946-1995) in March 1995 killed by the Taliban; important leader Abdul Karim Khalili ( 1950 -)
  • National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (s) / Dschunbisch -i Melli -yi Islami -ye Afghanistan / Junbish -e Milli -yi Islami -yi Afghanistan / National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan; important leader Abdul Rashid Dostum ( - ), Uzbek
  • Afghan National Liberation Front / Jabha -ye - Najat -e- Milli -ye Afghanistan / Afghan National Liberation Front, founded in 1978, Nationalist Party, Pashtun, an Islamic party Sunni important leader Sibghatullah Modschaddedi (1925 - )
  • Islamic Party of Afghanistan (s) / Hizb -e -Islami -e- Khalis / Hezb -e Eslami ( Caliph ) / Islamic Party of Afghanistan, in 1979 by secession from the Hizb -i Islami ( Islamic Party ) of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar emerged, Pashtuns, Islamic party Sunni important leader Younis Caliph (1919-2006)
  • Union of Islamic Dschihahadisten in Afghanistan / Islamic Union for the Liberation of Afghanistan / Islamic Unity for Freedom Afghanistan / Itehad e Islami Bara e Azadi e Afghanistan / Union of Islamic jihadists in Afghanistan, 1981 est., Pashtuns, Islamic party Sunni important leader Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (s) (1946 - )
  • National Islamic Front of Afghanistan / Mahaz -e- Milli -ye Islami (s) / National Islamic Front of Afghanistan, 1979 est., Nationalist Party, Pashtun, an Islamic party Sunni important leader Sayed Ishaq Gailani ( s) ( 1954 - )
  • Movement of the Islamic revolution in Afghanistan / Harakat -e- Inkelabi -e- Islam -e- Afghanistan ( s) / Islamic revolutionary movement in Afghanistan, 1978 est., Nationalist Party, Pashtun, an Islamic party Sunni important leader Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi ( s) ( † 2002)
  • Islamic Movement of Afghanistan / Harakat -e Islami -ye Afghanistan / Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (s), founded in 1979, Islamic Party, Shiites under the clergyman Ayatollah Mohseni Assef ( s) ( 1935 - )
  • National Front of Afghanistan ( s) / National Front of Afghanistan, founded in March 2007

Former parties

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