The Liberal Democratic Party of Afghanistan is a minor

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Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. It was founded in 2001/02 by Afghan exiles living in Germany. The party identifies as pragmatic and

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in ideology, with some

social liberal Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...

features. The party states it wishes to avoid extremism and defend

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and equality for all citizens of Afghanistan. It supports many classical ideas of

liberal democracy Liberal democracy is the combination of a liberal political ideology that operates under an indirect democratic form of government. It is characterized by elections between multiple distinct political parties, a separation of powers into ...

and is relatively secular.

External links

Official website of the Liberal Democratic Party of Afghanistan
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