Solidarity Party of Afghanistan

The Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (Persian: حزب همبستگی افغانستان) (SPA) is a small left-wing political party in Afghanistan.[4] The party platform focuses on four main issues: secularism, women's rights, democracy, and opposition to NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan.[5] The party is strongly critical of the Afghan government, which it views as corrupt, fundamentalist, and dominated by warlords.[5] The party claims a membership of some 30,000.[5]

Solidarity Party of Afghanistan

حزب همبستگی افغانستان
LeaderDawood Razmak[1]
Founded17 April 2004
HeadquartersKabul
Membership30,000 (approx.)[2]
IdeologySecularism
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Women's rights/Feminism
Democratic reform
Anti-Imperialism
Left-wing nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing
International affiliationProgressive International[3]
Seats in the House of the People
0 / 249
Seats in the House of Elders
0 / 102
Website
hambastagi.org
Facebook

History

The party boycotted the 2005 and 2010 parliamentary elections.[4]

The party was suspended in June 2012 following a Kabul demonstration in late April 2012 where the party accused a number of Afghan leaders, including former leaders and commanders, of committing war crimes over the last three decades of conflict, and demanded they be brought to justice.[4]

The SPA boycotted the 2004, 2009, and 2014 Afghan Presidential elections as the party alleges that an individual cannot be elected without the approval of the US government.[5] The party does, however, take part in provincial elections as it believes these elections to be more democratic and harder for central government to control or rig.[5] No SPA members ran in the 2013 provincial elections, although the party did support certain candidates.[5] The party condemned the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria.

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