On April 27, 1978, military officers loyal to the
PDPA launched an uprising on the orders of
Hafizullah Amin in what would become known as the Saur Revolution. Despite bringing the Communist
Khalqists into power, many smaller socialist groups rejected the Khalqists' rule for various reasons, including the
Pashtun hegemony of the new government, mistreatment of ethnic minorities, and their
Soviet influence. On August 5, 1979, a united front of anti-Khalqist Marxists (including the ALO) and moderate Islamists attempted an uprising in southern Kabul.
The uprising lasted five hours and was brutally crushed by the
Khalqist government's MiG aircraft, artillery, and tanks. The organization was highly critical of the
Soviet–Afghan War and actively fought against what it considered
social imperialism. In June 1979, RGPA convened the
Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front of Afghanistan together with Islamist elements, as a
united front against the pro-Soviet government. Along with some other Islamist groups, RGPA directed a rebellion in
Kabul and other cities on 5 August 1979, that became known as the
Bala Hissar uprising. The uprising was suppressed by the government and tens of ALO cadres were killed and arrested. Some of the central committee members like Mohammad Mohsin, Mohammad Dawod and others were executed in the
Pul-e-Charkhi prison. ALO had many fronts against the Soviets and pro-Soviet Afghan communists in different parts of Afghanistan and was attacked by both the Soviet forces and the fundamentalist groups of Mujahideen. They lost over 120 cadres during the war. Faiz Ahmad himself was assassinated on 12 November 1986, along with 6 other comrades, by the
Hizb-e Islami militia of
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The organization still exists as of 2018. ==References==