Pashtoons Social Democratic Party
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The Pashtoons Social Democratic Party, more commonly known as PSDP is the unity and independence party of all Pashtoons, a Social Democratic
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...

 political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
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 and Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, near the Afghan border, and the headquarter of PSDP is in Pashtoonkhwa and its various units (local unit, city unit, district unit, divisional unit) act for party throughout the whole area of Pashtoonkhwa. The party was founded in February 1981 by Kabir Stori
Kabir Stori
Dr. Kabir Stori is considered as one of the Pashto language prominent patriotic poet from Afghanistan. He was also a talented writer who wrote books on psychology in Pashto language.-Life:...

, a German-educated Afghan intellectual from Kunar, who was a follower of the non-violent philosophy of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was an Afghan, Pashtun political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India...

 for national unity, independence and the well-being of the entire Pashtoon Nation. The party does not recognize the Durand Line
Durand Line
The Durand Line refers to the porous international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which has divided the ethnic Pashtuns . This poorly marked line is approximately long...

 and believes in the Greater ("Loy") Afghanistan.

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