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Shola-e Javid
Shola-e Javid (Dari: شعلهٔ جاوید, romanized: Šoʿle-ye Jāvid, lit.'The eternal flame') was an anti-revisionistMarxist–Leninistcommunist party founded around 1964 in the Kingdom of Afghanistan by Abdul Rahim Mahmudi. Its strategy was Maoist and populist, gaining support from university students, professionals, the majority Pashtuns and the Hazaras. Its popularity grew significantly throughout the late 1960s and into the 1970s, possibly eclipsing that of the Parcham and Khalq factions of the pro-SovietPeople's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) up until the factions' reconciliation in 1977. The Shola-e Javid party was outlawed in 1969 after criticizing KingZahir Shah.