Shola-e Javid | |
Native Name: | شعلهٔ جاوید |
Colorcode: | red |
Foundation: | 1964 |
Dissolution: | 1969 |
Position: | Far-left |
Youth Wing: | Progressive Youth Organization |
Colors: | Red Yellow |
Country: | Afghanistan |
Shola-e Javid (شعلهٔ جاوید|lit=Eternal flame) was an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party founded around 1964 in the Kingdom of Afghanistan. Its strategy was Maoist and populist, gaining support from university students, professionals, the majority Pashtuns and the Hazaras.[1] It grew significantly in popularity throughout the late 1960s and into the 1970s, possibly eclipsing that of the Parcham and Khalq factions of the pro-Soviet People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) up until the factions' reconciliation in 1977. The Shola-e Javid party was made illegal in 1969 after criticizing King Zahir Shah.