Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan

Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Leader	Mohammad Wali Arya
Founder	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal
Founded	1966
Ideology	Secularism; Reformism; Social democracy; Democratic socialism
Political position	Centre-left
	Politics of Afghanistan; Political parties; Elections;

Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan (Persian: حزب مترقی دموکرات افغانستان) is a political party in Afghanistan, founded in 1966. It was led by Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, who was prime minister from 1965-1967.

The party and its followers were generally known by the name of the party newspaper, Musawat.^[1]

The party has recently reemerged as a legal party, and is registered with the Ministry of Justice. It is led by Mohammad Wali Arya who resides in the United States of America at the moment.^[2]

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Ministry of Justice - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Archived 2007-05-14 at the Wayback Machine

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[kas-1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Ministry of Justice - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Archived 2007-05-14 at the Wayback Machine

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