The Solidarity Party of Afghanistan ( prs, حزب همبستگی افغانستان; ''Hezeb-e Hembestegi-ye Afqanustan'';
abbr. SPA) is a minor political party in
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 ...
.
The party platform focuses on four main issues: secularism, women's rights, democracy, and opposition to
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
's
Resolute Support Mission
Resolute Support Mission (RSM) or Operation Resolute Support was a NATO-led multinational mission in Afghanistan. It began on 1 January 2015 as the successor to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), which was completed on 28 Decem ...
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
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...
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
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
Afghan Presidential elections as the party alleges that an individual cannot be elected without the approval of the
US government
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a feder ...
.
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.
The party condemned the
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
The 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, code-named Operation Peace Spring ( tr, Barış Pınarı Harekâtı) by Turkey, was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and the Syrian National Arm ...
.
See also
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List of political parties in Afghanistan
This article lists political parties in Afghanistan.
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan had a multi-party system in development with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must ...
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2004 establishments in Afghanistan
Afghan nationalism
Anti-imperialism in Asia
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Feminist organisations in Afghanistan
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Secularism in Afghanistan
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