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    Parcham (Pashto and Dari: پرچم, lit. 'banner' or 'flag') was the more moderate socialist faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)...
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    1967 after the split of the party due to bitter resentment with the rival Parcham faction which had a differing revolutionary strategy. It was made up primarily...
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  • The Parcham Party of India (Abbr : PPI) is an Indian political party based primarily in the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. It was founded by the Indian Muslim...
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  • Parcham (Persian: Flag) was a political magazine that was published by social and religious critic and historian Ahmad Kasravi in the period 1942–1944...
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    existence, the party was split between the hardline Khalq and moderate Parcham factions, each of which claimed to represent the "true" PDPA. The party...
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    The national flag of Pakistan, also known as the Flag of the Star and Crescent (پرچمِ ستارہ و ہلال), is made up of a green field with a stylized tilted...
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  • free dictionary. Parcham is one of the factions of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. Parcham may also refer to: Parcham (magazine), Persian...
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    also exiling most of the prominent Parcham leaders to the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc. Following the Khalq–Parcham conflict, a power struggle arose...
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  • editor of the Parcham newspaper, Parcham, and oversaw the Parchams recruitment program in the Afghan Army. He was a close confidant of the Parcham leader Babrak...
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  • Shujaat Bukhari (25 February 1968 – 14 June 2018) was an Indian journalist from the former state of Jammu & Kashmir, and was the founding editor of Rising...
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  • Amin, the only Khalq member of parliament, and Babrak Karmal, the only Parcham member of parliament, did not cooperate with each other. Amin would later...
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  • "Ram Chahe Leela" from Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela (2013), and Husn Parcham from Zero (2018), which resulted in her getting several awards and nominations...
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  • Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and eventually became the leader of the Parcham faction when the PDPA split in 1967, with their ideological nemesis being...
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    political parties and other reforms. Parcham was offered four minister posts in Daoud's government. As a Parcham member, Qadir was nominated vice chief...
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    Mohammad Aslam Watanjar (Pashto: محمداسلم وطنجار,‎ 1946 – November 2000) was an Afghan military officer and politician. He played a significant role in...
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  • Parcham-e Qadim (Persian: پرچم قديم, also Romanized as Parcham-e Qadīm; also known as Narcham, Parcham, Pīr Cham, and Purcham) is a village in Gilvan Rural...
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  • taken by Indian Muslim Political Conference (which would later form the Parcham Party of India). The five other constituents were Indian National League...
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    rights activist hailing from Muzaffarpur, Bihar. She is the founder of Parcham, an NGO that works towards the rehabilitation of sex workers and their...
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    and outlawed all other parties. He then started removing members of its Parcham wing from government positions, including the ones who had supported his...
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    killing Amin. A Soviet-organized regime, led by Parcham's Babrak Karmal but inclusive of both factions (Parcham and Khalq), filled the vacuum. Soviet troops...
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    to secure and take control of Afghanistan with support from the PDPA's Parcham faction, which opposed the hardline ideology espoused by the rival Khalq...
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    Soviet attempt to unite the two factions of the Afghan communist parties, Parcham and Khalq. Brezhnev described Afghanistan's non-alignment as important...
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  • KHAD, the Afghan equivalent of the Soviet KGB. He was a member of the Parcham faction led by Karmal. During Najibullah's tenure as KHAD head, it became...
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    factions. The largest of these included Khalq (Masses) led by Taraki, and Parcham (Banner) led by Karmal. The main differences between the factions were...
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  • transliterated Kishtmand, was an Afghan communist politician, belonging to the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). He served...
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    refused registration. The party does not identify with either the Khalq or Parcham (which they call "Karmalist"). The Party has described itself as "national...
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    1930 - 31 July 2020) was an Afghan communist politician (belonging to the Parcham faction), ideologue and poet who held the positions of President of the...
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    with two main factions being the Parcham and Khalq factions. On 17 April 1978, a prominent member of the Parcham, Mir Akbar Khyber, was murdered.: 771 ...
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  • the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) (belonging to the Parcham faction) and vice-president of the Revolutionary Council under the leadership...
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    Daoud Khan was assisted by army officers and civil servants from the Parcham faction of the PDPA, including Air Force colonel Abdul Qadir. Daoud also...
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