Watan Party of Afghanistan
The Watan Party of Afghanistan (Persian: حزب وطن افغانستان) is a non-registered, secular, social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Afghanistan.
Watan Party of Afghanistan | |
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| Leader | Meer Afghan Bawary |
| Founded | June 28, 1997 |
| Preceded by | PDPA |
| Ideology | Secularism Progressivism Social democracy Democratic socialism National reconciliation Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Website | |
| www.hezbe-watan.com | |
History
The party was founded in exile during the time of the Taliban regime on 28 June 1997 in Munich, Germany, and has members inside the country where it is not officially registered. It considers itself a continuation of the post-communist, Islamic socialist, democratic socialist and neomarxist Democratic Watan Party of Afghanistan of Najibullah, which was established in 1990 as the successor to the ruling People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). The Munich conference elected Muhammad Isa Jassur as the leader of the party. The party held its second congress in Frankfurt/Main in 2000.[1]
On July 28, 2017, thousands attended an event at a Kabul hotel for the fourth "consultative gathering for a legal relaunch of Watan Party. In the past, the party has attempted to register under the PDPA name, but has been refused registration.[2]
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