Afghanistan Liberation Organization
ALO, which was originally named Revolutionary Group of the Peoples of Afghanistan (RGPA; Persian: گروه انقلابی خلقهای افغانستان, romanized: Gurūh-e ʾInḳilābī-ye Ḫalḳhāy-e Āfġānistān);[1] and was renamed to ALO in 1980, is one of several organizations that grew out of the Shola-e Javid (Persian: شعلهٔ جاوید, romanized: Šoʿle-ye Jāvid, lit.On April 27, 1978, military officers loyal to the PDPA launched an uprising on the orders of Hafizullah Amin in what would become known as the Saur Revolution.On August 5, 1979, a united front of anti-Khalqist Marxists (including the ALO) and moderate Islamists attempted a uprising in southern Kabul.The uprising lasted 5 hours and was brutally crushed by the Khalqist government's MiG aircraft, artillery and tanks[4][5] It was highly critical of the Soviet–Afghan War and actively fought against what it considered social imperialism.[6][non-primary source needed] Faiz Ahmad himself was assassinated on 12 November 1986, along with 6 other comrades, by the Hizb-e Islami militia of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.