:Politburo of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
{{Short description|Former political institution in Afghanistan}}
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The Politburo of the Central Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan or Afghan Politburo was the policy-making organ and institution within Afghanistan's political structure when the PDPA Central Committee and the PDPA Congress were not in session. Only one politburos was formally elected; at the 1st Congress, despite this, the membership line-up was altered numerous times during the PDPA's existence.
Historical line-up
=1st Politburo=
;Full members
- Nur Mohammed Taraki (General Secretary)
- Babrak Karmal (Deputy General Secretary)
- Sultan Ali Keshtmand
- Saleh Mohamed Zeary
- Gholam Destaguir Panjsheri
- Tahir Badakhshi
- Charoullah Chapour
;Candidate members
= Poltiburo members (1984) =
By 1984, eight of the thirteen members and alternate members of the Politburo were Parchamis:{{cite book|author=J. Bruce Amstutz |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RUSNyMH1aFQC |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RUSNyMH1aFQC/page/n88 65] |quote=Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri. |title=Afghanistan |via=Internet Archive |year=1994 | accessdate=2009-03-22}}
;Members of the Parcham faction
- Babrak Karmal
- Sultan Ali Keshtmand
- Mohammad Najibullah
- Nur Ahmed Nur
- Mohammad Rafie
- Anahita Ratebzad
;Members of the Khalq faction
;Unclear
- Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri (believed to be in Kar)
- Abdul Zahoor Razmjo