Saydal Sokhandan was an Afghan revolutionary poet, a Maoist activist, and a student leader. He was studying at faculty of science Kabul University in early 70's. He was a great orator and rabble rouser, who organized for Progressvie Youth Organization, a Maoist organizition. PYO is considered the first revolutionary communist formation in Afghanistan. [1] Kabul University is located in Kabul, Afghanistan and was founded 1931, opened 1932 and formally established in 1947. ...
In June 1972 when Sholayis (Maoists) and Ikhwanis (also called Islamic fundamentalists) clashed on the campus of Kabul University, a hotbed of ideological and political struggle and debates. Ikhwanis had come armed with knives and pistols. Fundamentalism is a movement to maintain strict adherence to founding principles. ... Kabul University is located in Kabul, Afghanistan and was founded 1931, opened 1932 and formally established in 1947. ...
Saydal Sokhandan was killed by firing of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a one time darling of CIA, and leader of the Islamic Party of Afghanistan, during this clash in June 1972. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (born 1947 in Imam Saheb, Kunduz province, Afghanistan) is an Afghan warlord. ...
Saydal Sokhandan has many poems in Pashto language. He is widely loved by all democratic and progressive minded people in Afghanistan.
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