Parcham
Parcham (meaning "Banner") was the name of one of the factions of the
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. The Parcham faction seized power in the country after toppling
Hafizullah Amin.
The basic ideology of the Parchamis was one of a gradual move towards
socialism in Afghanistan. The Parcham faction supported this idea because they felt that Afghanistan was not industrialized enough to undergo a true
proletarian revolution called for in the
Communist Manifesto. Opposed to the moderate Parchamis were the more radical
Khalq faction. The Khalq took a more traditional view of
Marxist/
Leninist theory, and advocated an immediate and violent overthrow of the government and an establishment of a
Soviet-style
communist regime.
In
1992 the Parcham-led PDPA converted itself into
Watan Party.
