Hafiz Ahangarpoor

Abdul Hafiz Ahangarpoor
حفیظ آهنگرپور
Born
Abdul Hafiz

1952
Died1970s
CitizenshipAfghanistan
EducationKabul Military High School
OccupationsPolitical activist, revolutionary
Years active1970s
Known forActivities in leftist movements and opposition to the governments of Afghanistan
Political partyLiberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan (SAMA)
MovementAfghan leftist movements
RelativesBasir Badrooz (brother)

Hafiz Ahangarpoor (born 1952 in Baba Ali, Abshar District, Panjshir Province) was a Hazara political activist and revolutionary who was active in leftist movements in Afghanistan during the 1970s.

He grew up in a poor and working-class family. His father worked as a blacksmith, and for this reason the nickname “Ahangarpoor” (meaning “son of a blacksmith”) became associated with him.

The difficult conditions of his family life and his early experiences working in a blacksmithing environment familiarized him with the problems of the working class, which played an important role in shaping his political and revolutionary views.