National Fatherland Front | |
Dissolved: | 1992 |
Type: | Umbrella organization |
Headquarters: | Kabul, Afghanistan |
Membership: | 55,000 (1984) |
Parent Organization: | PDPA |
Formation: | August 1981 |
The National Fatherland Front (NFF; جبهه ملی پدر وطن) later known as the National Front (NF; جبهه ملی|links=no), was an umbrella organization to the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) which ruled Afghanistan from 1978 until 1992.[1] NFF was established to recruit more supporters for the communist regime in Afghanistan. Between 1980[2] and 1982, during Babrak Karmal's rise as president, a lot of governmental propaganda was released for support of the organization. By April 1984, the New Times (Kabul) claimed that the NFF had over 55,000 members.[3]