BANNEDTHOUGHT
Suppression of News in Afghanistan and Political
Statements Prevented from Reaching the People
In Afghanistan, even more than in so many other countries, much of the real news about what is happening to the working class and the poor, is suppressed, or at the very least is not widely reported. The people there face the evils of not only the reactionary religious-based Taliban and similar oppressive forces, but also the invasion of foreign imperialist military forces led by the United States. We at bannedthought.org will try to help break down this news embargo by the government and official media about events and political opinions in Afghanistan.
We are also posting some materials by revolutionary groups in Afghanistan, which are either banned there or else extremely difficult to obtain.
If you know of other suppressed documents and news reports that should be posted here, contact us at: freespeech@bannedthought.org
Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan — Statements and Documents
The C(M)PA has a publication called Shola Jawid [“Eternal Flame”] and has a website at: http://www.sholajawid.org/update/index_english.html
- “The Warmth of the ‘Peace’ Negotiations in Qatar and the Fire and Fury of the Battlefield in Afghanistan”, editorial from Shola Jawid #20, April 2019, 2 pages. English: Searachable PDF format (41 KB)
- “A Glimpse at the Joint Statement of the Eight Latin American Maoist parties and Organizations”, a critical commentary by the Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan, which originally appeared in Persian [Farsi] in Shola Jawid, #17, June 2018. This English translation is taken from the CMPA website, 20 pages. The Spanish translation is from an issue of Revolución Obrera (Colombia). English: Searachable PDF format (273 KB); Spanish: PDF format (934 KB)
- “Bilateral Security Agreement and the Implosion of a Prolonged and Broad Resistance of the People of Afghanistan”, statement of the Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan, on the proposed Bilateral Security Agreement between the American imperialists and the puppet regime, November 21, 2013, 2 pages. PDF Version (66 KB); MS Word (33 KB)
- “We Condemn the Conspiratorial Assassination of Comrade Kishenji”, by the Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan, December 7, 2011, 1 page. PDF Version (67 KB); MS Word (30 KB)
- “Our position on the Revolutionary Communist Party’s new line in its Manifesto and Constitution”, by the Central Committee of the Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan, c. Oct. 19, 2010, 4 pages. PDF Version (71 KB); MS Word (41 KB)
- “Statement on the Martyrdom of Comrade Azad”, July 15, 2010, 2 pages. PDF Version (110 KB); MS Word (29 KB)
- “Open Protest Letter from the Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)”, March 2009, 4 pages. About the continued stationing of Nepali soldiers in Afghanistan in service of foreign imperialism even after the CPN(Maoist) led the government in Nepal. PDF Version (79 KB); MS Word (38 KB)
- “On Gorkha Recruitment for Afghanistan Occupation”, by Joseph Ball, April 8, 2009, 2 pages. Provides further information about the use of Gorkha [or Gurkha] soldiers in Afghanistan, and the acquiescence by the Prachanda government in Nepal with this. PDF Version (68 KB); MS Word (30 KB)
Organization of the Workers of Afghanistan (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, principally Maoist)
- “First of May 2015: Understand and fight the demons of imperialism, bureaucratic capitalism and semi-feudalism!”, joint statement of the OWA(MLM), the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Center [Belgium] and the Communist Party of France (marxist-leninist-maoist), May 1, 2015. English: PDF format (8 pages; 453 KB); English: MS Word (.docx) format (8 pages; 430 KB); Farsi: PDF format (12 pages; 729 KB); Farsi: MS Word (.doc) format (12 pages; 635 KB); Farsi: MS Word (.docx) format (12 pages; 606 KB)
Other Reports and Documents
- “Sholayi: The Afghan Maoist Movement, Testimonies Told by Militants (1965-2011)”, by Enrico Piovesana, (Italy: Afghanistan Liberation Organization, 2012), 90 pages. English: Searchable PDF format (13,725 KB)
- “U.S. Military Scrutinizes Leaks for Risks to Afghans”, New York Times, July 28, 2010, 3 pages. An article expressing U.S. concern that Afghans who cooperate with U.S. imperialism in Afghanistan may find themselves at risk because of leaks of U.S. documents to the press, and giving further information about possible U.S. legal and other efforts to stop such leaks and to suppress information on the Internet. PDF Version (83 KB); MS Word (40 KB)
- “Afghanistan War Logs: WikiLeaks Founder Rebuts White House Criticism”, the Guardian [England], July 26, 2010, 3 pages. PDF Version (87 KB); MS Word (43 KB)