Majid Kalakani

Abdul Majid Kalakani^[1] (Dari: مجید کلکانی; 1939 – 8 June 1980) also known as Majid Agha^[2] was an Afghan communist politician.^[3] He was the founder and leader of the Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan (SAMA).

Majid Kalakani
مجید کلکانی
Born	1939 Kalakan, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died	8 June 1980 Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Occupation	Revolutionary
Organization(s)	SAMA Jabhe Motahed-e Milli
Known for	Revolutionary leader in Afghanistan
Movement	SAMA

Biography

Majid Kalakani was born in 1939 in the village of Kalakan in Shomali Plain. In 1945 his father and grandfather were arrested and executed by the Mohammad Hashim Khan regime.^[4] Kalakani was a Maoist activist in the 1960s^[5] and a member of the movement Shalleh-ye Javiyd. In 1978, Kalakani founded SAMA.^[6] He was a leader of the Maoist resistance against the PDPA regime and Soviet invasion.^[7] In 1979 he founded the United National Front of Afghanistan.^[8] On 27 February 1980 Majid Kalakani was arrested near Kabul^{[9][self-published source]} as the result of the 3 Hut uprising against Soviet occupation.^[10] He was executed on June 8, 1980.