People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks 157
Communist Party of China 36
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 27
Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 18
Soviet Unionstate 16
Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) 15
Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 11
French Communist Party (PCF) 10
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) 4
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Congo - Brazzaville
Cuba
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
East Germany
Ethiopia
Finland
France
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Greece
Grenada
Hungary
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Laos
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Political and party leadership
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)
Marxism and communism
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GlossaryPeople's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)→
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Nur Muhammad Taraki نور محمد ترهکی
Afghan communist founder whose overthrow and murder by his protégé Amin triggered the Soviet invasion
Political and party leadership · Afghanistan
1917–1979
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Hafizullah Amin حفیظالله امین
Khalq strongman who engineered the Saur Revolution and fell to Soviet guns three months after seizing power
Political and party leadership · Afghanistan
1929–1979
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Babrak Karmal ببرک کارمل
The Parcham leader installed by the Soviet invasion who presided over seven years of war but never won legitimacy
Political and party leadership · People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)
1929–1996
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Mohammad Najibullah محمد نجیبالله
The last communist president of Afghanistan, who outlasted the Soviet withdrawal by three years before the Taliban tortured and hanged him
Political and party leadership · People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)
1947–1996