Khalq faction

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The Khalq faction was a hardline, rural-based Marxist-Leninist wing of Afghanistan’s People’s Democratic Party that championed radical revolutionary change and later dominated the country’s communist government after the 1978 Saur Revolution.

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Parcham faction opposedBy Khalq faction
PDPA mergedFrom Khalq faction
subject surface form: People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Thawra-ye Saur participant Khalq faction
this entity surface form: Khalq faction of the PDPA
Assassination of Mohammed Daoud Khan perpetrator Khalq faction
this entity surface form: Khalq faction of the PDPA
Nur Muhammad Taraki faction Khalq faction
this entity surface form: Khalq faction of the PDPA
Hafizullah Amin memberOf Khalq faction
this entity surface form: Khalq faction of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan