National Revolutionary Party of Afghanistan

The National Revolution Party (Acronym N.R.P.; Dari: حزب انقلاب ملی, romanized: Hezb Enqilab Mili; Pashto: ملي انقلابي ګوند, romanized: Melli Enqelabi Gund) was a political party that existed in Afghanistan for four years, between 1974 and 1978.

The party was founded in April 1974 by the then Afghan Armed Forces official general Mohammad Daoud Khan, who had seized power in Afghanistan, ousting his cousin, king Mohammad Zahir Shah in a bloodless revolution, the 1973 coup d'état. The party was formed in an attempt by the president to gather support for his new republican government. He also used the party to undermine support for the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, who had helped him seize power in the first place. For this goal, the party sought to be an umbrella organization for all factions of the progressive movement in Afghanistan. In order to maximise the party's gathering of supporters, the majority of or if not all other political parties were banned. Despite the party being anti-communist, the president demanded that members of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan join his government and called for the dissolution of both Khalq and Parcham factions of Afghanistan's communists.

The party did not survive the violent communist coup d'état, known as the Saur Revolution in 1978, which led to the deposition and death of president Mohammad Daoud Khan along with his entire family and the rise of communists, particularly the Khalq branch. The government was run by a central committee that was designated as the highest organ of the party, with a staff consisting of:Major General Ghulam Haidar Rasuli, Defense Minister Sayyid Abd Ullah, Finance Minister Abd Ul Majid, and Abd Ul Quyyum.

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