Democratic Youth Organisation of Afghanistan

The Democratic Youth Organisation of Afghanistan (Persian: سازمان دموکراتیک جوانان افغانستان‎), also known as the People's Youth Organization of Afghanistan, was the main youth organisation in the former Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. It was the youth wing of the ruling People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). Upon turning seventeen years of age, members of the DYOA would become eligible for membership in the PDPA. By June, 1978 the youth party had around 4,000 members.[1]

Poster advertising the DYOA.
Democratic Youth Organisation of Afghanistan
سازمان دموکراتیک جوانان افغانستان
HeadquartersRevolution Park, Kabul
Membership25,000 (mid-1980s)
Mother partyPeople's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
International affiliationWorld Federation of Democratic Youth

In the mid-1980s it had around 25 000 members. DYOA was a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.[2]

References
  1. Anthony Arnold (1983). Afghanistan's two-party communism. Hoover Press. p. 101. Retrieved 2009-03-22 – via Internet Archive. Revolutionary Council PDPA.
  2. "Political Institutions Under Soviet Domination". Government Publication Access. Archived from the original on 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2009-03-22.


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