Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri

Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri (1933 – 26 December 2022) was an Afghan communist politician and public servant.Panjsheri was usually identified as a Khalq by fellow Afghan politicians, while outside observers said he was creating his own PDPA group under the name Gruhi Kar.When Babrak Karmal left the PDPA because of the power struggle between the Khalq and the Parchams, Panjsheri left the party with Karmal and the rest of his supporters, he eventually returned to his original position in the PDPA and became a member of the Khalqi faction again.He held the job as Minister of Public Works until Hafizullah Amin rose to power in 1979 after his assassination of Taraki.[1] According to rumours at that time Panjsheri was establishing his own political group within the PDPA with help from the Soviet government in Moscow.
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