Solidarity Party of Afghanistan

Political party in Afghanistan

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The Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (Dari: حزب همبستگی افغانستان; Hezb-e Hambastagi-ye Afghanistan; 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]

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.

According to photographic evidence from 24 March 2024, the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan were involved in the creation of a monument for the Murder of Farkhunda Malikzada in Kabul, where she was lynched.^[6]

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Afghanistan suspends political party sparking fears over freedom of speech | World news". The Guardian. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Interview with Hafiz Rasikh, member of Solidarity Party of Afghanistan, on upcoming elections". Solidarity Party of Afghanistan/Osservatorio Afghanistan. 10 February 2014.
^ rferl. "A Memorial To Farkhunda Appears In Kabul". hambastagi.org. Retrieved 2024-03-24.