Fedayeen-e-Sol
Fedayeen-e-Sol, or Sacrificers of Peace, is a relatively new political movement that has taken shape in Afghanistan. It is pro-Western and offers Afghans an ideological alternative to the Taliban’s vision. Led by Hamed Wardak, the son of the current defense minister of Afghanistan, Abdul Rahim Wardak, it is making great strides with its mission.
Hamed Wardak explains that he wanted to create the movement after traveling through Afghanistan and speaking to local elders. As he said, “The more I deal with elders, I realize the potential for democracy in this country is so great. The type of ideals that we have, they also share, they just express it in different ways.”
Fedayeen wants a free market, low taxes and less drug traffickers and militia leaders in Afghanistan. They want the United States and the European Union to help fight Islamists, who, Wardak asserts, are supported by Iran.