List of political parties in Afghanistan
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This article lists political parties in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan has a multi-party system in development, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. No political party is permitted to exist that advocates anything that is deemed to go against Islamic morality.

The parties

Major Parties

• Islamic Society of Afghanistan (Jamiat-e-Islami)
• Islamic United Party of Afghanistan (Hezeb Wahdat Islami Afghanistan )
• Islamic Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan)
• National Congress Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Congra-e-Mili Afghanistan)
• National Movement of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Nuhzhat-e-Mili Afghanistan)
• National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Jumbish-i-Milli Islami Afghanistan)
• United National Front
• Esteqlal Party of Afghanistan (Hezbe Esteqlale Afghanistan) (Afghan Congress) [1]

Minor parties

• Pashtoons Social Democratic Party
• Afghan Social Democratic Party
• Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan
• Democratic Watan Party of Afghanistan
• Liberal Democratic Party of Afghanistan
• Social Nationalist Afghan Party
• Khalid Amin Shinwary and Fawad Habib Local Political Party
• Afghanistan Liberation Organisation

Former parties

• People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

External links

• Licensed political parties (from the Afghanistan Ministry of Justice)
• Leftist parties of Afghanistan

See also

• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name

v • d • e Political parties in Afghanistan Present major parties Jamiat-e Islami - United National Front - Hezbe Wahdat - Hezbi Islami/Islamic Party of Afghanistan - National Congress Party of Afghanistan - National Movement of Afghanistan - National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan Present minor parties Liberal Democratic Party of Afghanistan - Afghan Mellat Banned parties People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan - Taliban - Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan - Democratic Watan Party of Afghanistan - Afghanistan Liberation Organization Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of Afghanistan