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Abdul Majid Kalakani[1] (Persian: مجید کلکانی; 1939 – 8 June 1980) also known as Majid Agha[2] was an Afghan communist politician.[3] He was the founder and leader of the Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan (SAMA).
Majid Kalakani | |
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مجید کلکانی | |
Born | 1939 |
Died | 8 June 1980 |
Occupation | Revolutionary |
Organization(s) | SAMA Jabhe Motahed-e Milli |
Known for | Revolutionary leader in Afghanistan |
Movement | SAMA |
Majid Kalakani was born in 1939 in the village of Kalakan in Shomali Plain. In 1945 his father and grandfather were arrested and executed by the Mohammad Hashim Khan regime.[4] Kalakani was a Maoist activist in the 1960s[5] and a member of the movement Shalleh-ye Javiyd. In 1978, Kalakani founded SAMA.[6] He was a leader of the Maoist resistance against the PDPA regime and Soviet invasion.[7] In 1979 he founded the United National Front of Afghanistan.[8] On 27 February 1980 Majid Kalakani was arrested near Kabul[9][self-published source] as the result of the 3 Hut uprising against Soviet occupation.[10] He was executed on June 8, 1980.
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