Solidarity Party of Afghanistan
The Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (Dari: حزب همبستگی افغانستان; Hezb-e Hambastagi-ye Afganestan; abbr. SPA) is a minor 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 | |
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| Leader | Dawood Razmak[1] |
| Founded | 17 April 2004 |
| Headquarters | Kabul |
| Membership | 30,000 (approx.)[2] |
| Ideology | Secularism Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism Socialist feminism Democratisation Reformism Anti-imperialism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Progressive International[3] |
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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.
See also
References
- Amiri, Ehsanullah (October 12, 2014). "Islamic State's Siege of Kobani, Syria Sparks Protest in Kabul, Afghanistan". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.
- Afghanistan, Osservatorio. "Interview with Hafiz Rasikh, member of Solidarity Party of Afghanistan, on upcoming elections". www.hambastagi.org.
- "Solidarity Party of Afghanistan". progressive.international. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- "Afghanistan suspends political party sparking fears over freedom of speech | World news". The Guardian. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- "Interview with Hafiz Rasikh, member of Solidarity Party of Afghanistan, on upcoming elections". Solidarity Party of Afghanistan/Osservatorio Afghanistan. 10 February 2014.
