Afghanistan Liberation Organization

Afghanistan Liberation Organization
سازمان رهایی افغانستان
AbbreviationALO
FounderFaiz Ahmad
Founded1973 (1973)
Preceded byProgressive Youth Organization
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
Party flag
Website
http://rehayi.org/alo/

Afghanistan Liberation Organization (ALO; Persian: سازمان رهایی افغانستان, romanizedSāzmān-e Rehāyī-ye Āfġānistān) is a Maoist political group in Afghanistan. It was founded by Faiz Ahmad and some others in 1973. ALO, which was originally named Revolutionary Group of the Peoples of Afghanistan (RGPA; Persian: گروه انقلابی خلقهای افغانستان, romanizedGurūh-e ʾInḳilābī-ye Ḫalḳhāy-e Āfġānistān);[1] and was renamed to ALO in 1980, is one of several organizations that grew out of the Shola-e Javid (Persian: شعلهٔ جاوید, romanizedŠoʿle-ye Jāvid, lit.'Eternal Flame') movement.

  1. ^ Emadi, Hafizullah (1 January 2001). Politics of the Dispossessed: Superpowers and Developments in the Middle East. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 34. ISBN 9780275973650.