List of political parties in Afghanistan
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This article lists political parties in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan has a multi-party system in development with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. No political party is permitted to exist that advocates anything that is deemed to go against Islamic morality.
The parties
Major parties
- Hizb ut-Tahrir (Hizb ut-Tahrir)
- Islamic Party (Hezb-e Islami)
- Republic Party of Afghanistan (Hezbi Jumhori Afghanistan)
- Islamic Society (Jamiat-e Islami)
- Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Harakat-e Islami-yi Afghanistan)
- Afghan Mellat (Afghan Social Democratic Party)
- Islamic United Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan)
- Ittehad-I Islami Bara-yi Azadi Afghanistan
Minor parties
- National Islamic Front (Hezb-e-Mahaz-e-Mili Islami)
- Islamic Dawah Organization (Tanzim Dawat-e-Islami)
- National Movement of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Nuhzhat-e-Mili Afghanistan)
- National Sovereignty Party (Hezb-e-Eqtedar-e-Mili)
- National Solidarity Movement (Hezb-e-Nahzat-e-Hambastagee Mili)
- People's Islamic Movement (Harakat-e Islami-yi)
- National Islamic Unity Party (Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Mili Islami)
- National Solidarity Party (Hezb-e-Paiwand Mili)
- Pashtoons Social Democratic Party (De Pashtano Tolaneez Wolaswaleez Gwand)
- Youth Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Hambastagee Mili Jawanan)
- National Congress Party (Hezb-e-Congra-e-Mili Afghanistan)
- Haqiqat e Afghan Association (Majma e Haqiqat e Afghan)
Banned and former parties
- Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan
- Taliban
- Democratic Watan Party of Afghanistan
- Afghanistan Liberation Organization
- People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
External links
- Licensed political parties (from the Afghanistan Ministry of Justice)
- Leftist parties of Afghanistan
See also
- List of political parties by country to browse parties by country
- List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by ideology
- Politics of Afghanistan
