The Liberal Democratic Party of Afghanistan is a political party in Afghanistan. The party identifies as pragmatic and centrist in ideology, with some social liberal features. The party states it wishes to avoid extremism and defend human rights and equality for all citizens of Afghanistan. It supports many classical ideas of liberal democracy and is relatively secular.
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