The Kar or Gruhi Kar ( fa, گروهی کار , "Worker's Group") was a faction of the communist
PDPA PDPA can refer to:
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party in Afghanistan. At one point, Kar was one of four PDPA factions, along with the
Parcham
Parcham (Pashto and prs, پرچم, ) was the name of one of the factions of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, formed in 1967 following its split and led for most of its history by Babrak Karmal and Mohammed Najibullah. The basic id ...
,
Khalqi, and
Setam-e Milli. The group was headed by
Dastagir Panjsheri, who later joined the Khalq.
In 1987, President
Najibullah approved a plan to form four militia units from the ranks of the Gruhi Kar, to secure the group's home area of
Jowzjan
Jowzjan, sometimes spelled Jawzjan or Jozjan (Dari: ), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. The province is divided into 11 Districts of Afghanistan, districts ...
and
Faryab
Faryab (Dari: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, which is located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. It has a population of about 1,109,223, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a tribal society. The pr ...
Provinces. However
Abdul Rashid Dostum, an Uzbek leader then serving as a
DRA Army officer, intervened to block the creation of the Kar militias and ordered the arrest of Kar members (resulting in the death of one).
References
Factions of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
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