PDPA

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PDPA was the Marxist-Leninist ruling party of Afghanistan that came to power in the 1978 Saur Revolution and governed during the early years of the Soviet–Afghan War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
PDPA canonical 2
PDPA government 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
banned 1992 ⓘ
cameToPowerIn Saur Revolution ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
dateCameToPower 1978-04-27 ⓘ
dissolved 1991 ⓘ
faction Khalq ⓘ
Parcham ⓘ
flag flag of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Flag of Afghanistan
founded 1965 ⓘ
founder Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
generalSecretary Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin ⓘ
Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
governedDuring Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
governingPeriodEnd 1992 ⓘ
governingPeriodStart 1978 ⓘ
governmentTypeSupported one-party socialist state ⓘ
headquarters Kabul ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
implementedPolicy land reform in Afghanistan ⓘ
secularization measures ⓘ
women's rights reforms ⓘ
internationalAffiliation pro-Soviet bloc ⓘ
language Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
mergedFrom Khalq faction ⓘ
Parcham faction ⓘ
notableLeader Babrak Karmal ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin ⓘ
Mohammad Najibullah ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
opposedBy Afghan mujahideen ⓘ
opposedIdeology Islamist movements in Afghanistan ⓘ
partyNewNameAfterReform Watan Party ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
precededBy monarchy of Mohammed Daoud Khan's republic government ⓘ
renamedAs Watan Party ⓘ
securityOrgan AGSA ⓘ
KHAD ⓘ
shortName PDPA ⓘ
stateIdeologyOf Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
succeededBy Islamic State of Afghanistan (mujahideen government) ⓘ
supportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
triggeredEvent Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Soviet–Afghan War
womenWing Democratic Women's Organization of Afghanistan ⓘ
youthWing Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan → shortName → PDPA ⓘ
subject linked to: PDPA
Afghan communist government after 1978 → shortName → PDPA government ⓘ
linked to: PDPA