Afghanistan Liberation Organization

The Afghanistan Liberation Organization (ALO; Dari: سازمان رهایی افغانستان, romanized: Sāzmān-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; Dari: گروه انقلابی خلقهای افغانستان, romanized: Gurūh-e ʾInḳilābī-ye Ḫalḳhāy-e Āfġānistān); and was renamed to ALO in 1980, is one of several organizations that grew out of the Shola-e Javid (Dari: شعلهٔ جاوید, romanized: Šoʿle-ye Jāvid, lit.'Eternal Flame') movement.