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Mujahideen Victory Day

Political Afghan holiday

Field	Value
holiday_name	Mujahideen Victory Day
image	File:Afghan Victory Day 2010.jpg
caption	Members of the Afghan Armed Forces marching during the 2010 Mujahideen Victory Day parade in Kabul, Afghanistan.
official_name

observedby	Afghanistan
date	28 April
scheduling	same day each year
duration	1 day
frequency	annual

Mujahideen Victory Day is a political holiday observed in all parts of Afghanistan, falling on the 28 April each year. It commemorates the day when Mujahideen rebel forces overthrew the Communist government in 1992. It is celebrated mostly by former Mujahideen in Afghanistan. Some Afghans are against celebrating the day because it marks the start of civil war.

Current festivities

2012: Cancelled due to security reasons, threats by Taliban insurgents.
2007: Afghan President Hamid Karzai awarded medals to Mujahideen veterans in commemoration of the holiday.
2006: Karzai gave a public speech at Kabul's Chaman-e-Hozori park.
- Also on Victory Day 2006, Afghan parliament member and activist Malalai Joya stood to denounce alleged mujahideen atrocities, and was threatened with death by other parliament deputies. Reporters without Borders journalist Omid Yakmanish was beaten by two parliamentarians while attempting to film the debate.

History

After the monarchy in Afghanistan the Marxist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was born took power making Afghanistan a communist country. This was not well received by the people. The Afghans, especially in the rural areas, viewed the new government as un-Islamic.

At this point the Cold War was going on and due to the USSR being right on the border of a communist Afghanistan they supported them. Meanwhile, the US was supporting the Mujahideen resistance causing a civil war between the government and the resistance. This civil war left the country in ruins and gave birth to Al-Qaeda.

In total, approximately one million casualties occurred due to the war and the holiday marks the end of one of the country's most deadly conflicts.

References

Daoud Khan [http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2007/04/25/men-accused-of-war-crimes-by-rights-group-likely-to-get-medals.phtml Men accused of war crimes by rights group likely to get medals] OhmyNews, 25 April 2007
Borhan Younus, Ilyas Wahdat and Naeem Kohistani [https://web.archive.org/web/20060523182926/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HE19Df02.html Taliban steps up spring offensive] ''Asia Times'', 19 May 2006
link. (2006-08-22 ''Reporters Without Borders '' 12 May 2006)
"Secular PDPA". Countrystudies.us.
"Women in Afghanistan: Pawns in men's power struggles". Amnesty International.
John Ishiyama. (2 March 2005). "The Sickle and the Minaret: Communist Successor Parties in Yemen and Afghanistan after the Cold War". IDC Herzliya.
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