These government tactics led to physical confrontation between those who supported the Maoists and those who were against the Maoists, that resulted to the death of a prominent Maoist student leader Saydal Sokhandan, who was assassinated by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on the Kabul University campus. The government of the time used law enforcement and Islamic fundamentalists against Sholaye Jawid supporters. After publishing 11 issues, Sholaye Jawid was seized by government and its publication banned. Sholaye Jawid claimed to be a new-democratic journal, which was widely and openly circulated. The PYO leaders published a magazine called Sholaye Jawid. PYO remained an underground organization. Akram Yari, a Maoist, was the leader of one these circles, who played a prominent role in the formation of PYO. A few circles of intellectuals and political activists came together to form the first communist organization to work for the goal of revolution in Afghanistan. These struggles led to the formation of the PYO. There were daily demonstrations, and street fighting between students, workers, and social justice activists and police and armed forces of King Zahir Shah. The first communist organization in Afghanistan, Progressive Youth Organization (PYO) was formed in 1965.

After the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces from Afghanistan and the establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by the Taliban in mid-2021, the party changed its primary goal to overthrowing the Taliban's government. It was a member of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM).ĭuring the U.S.-led occupation of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021, the party's stated goal was to start a people's war in order to expel foreign forces from Afghanistan, with the ultimate goal of establishing a New Democratic society and socialism in the country. The party was founded in 2004 through the merger of five MLM parties. The Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan ( Persian: حزب كمونيست (مائوئيست) افغانستان, Hezb-e Komunist (Ma'uist) Afghanistan), previously known as the Communist Party of Afghanistan, is an underground communist party in Afghanistan oriented around Marxism–Leninism–Maoism (MLM).

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