Leader Dawood Razmak Headquarters Kabul Political position Left-wing | Founded 17 April 2004 Membership 30,000 (approx.) | |
Ideology Secularism
Democratic socialism
Social democracy
Women's rights
Democratic reform
Anti-Imperialism
Left-wing nationalism | ||
The Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (Persian: حزب همبستگی افغانستان) (SPA) is a small, left-wing political party in Afghanistan. The party platform focuses on four main issues: secularism, women's rights, democracy, and opposition to the US/NATO presence in Afghanistan. The party is strongly critical of the Afghan government, which it views as corrupt, fundamentalist, and dominated by warlords. The party claims a membership of some 30,000.
History
The party boycotted the 2005 and 2010 parliamentary elections.
The party was suspended in June 2012 following a Kabul demonstration in late April 2012 where the party accused a number of Afghan leaders, including former leaders and commanders, of committing war crimes over the last three decades of conflict, and demanded they be brought to justice.
The SPA boycotted the 2004, 2009, and 2014 Afghan Presidential elections as the party alleges that an individual cannot be elected without the approval of the US government. The party does, however, take part in provincial elections as it believes these elections to be more democratic and harder for central government to control or rig. No SPA members ran in the 2013 provincial elections, although the party did support certain candidates.