Politburo of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

The Politburo of the Central Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan or Afghan Politburo was the policy-making organ and institution within Afghanistan's political structure when the PDPA Central Committee and the PDPA Congress were not in session. Only one politburos was formally elected; at the 1st Congress, despite this, the membership line-up was altered numerous times during the PDPA's existence.

1st Politburo

 * Full members
 * Nur Mohammed Taraki (General Secretary)
 * Babrak Karmal (Deputy General Secretary)
 * Sultan Ali Keshtmand
 * Saleh Mohamed Zeary
 * Gholam Destaguir Panjsheri
 * Tahir Badakhshi
 * Charoullah Chapour
 * Candidate members
 * Nur Ahmed Nur
 * Dr. Akbar Chah-Wali
 * Abdoul Karil Missaq
 * Suleiman Laeq
 * Mohammad Hasan Bareq
 * Hafizullah Amin
 * Ismaïl Danesh
 * Abdul Hakim Charayi Jowzjani
 * Abdul Majid
 * Zaher Ofoq Qandahari
 * Dr. Zaher

Poltiburo members (1984)
By 1984, eight of the thirteen members and alternate members of the Politburo were Parchamis:
 * Members of the Parcham faction
 * Babrak Karmal
 * Sultan Ali Keshtmand
 * Mohammad Najibullah
 * Nur Ahmed Nur
 * Mohammad Rafie
 * Anahita Ratebzad
 * Members of the Khalq faction
 * Abdul Qadir
 * Mahmud Baryalai
 * Mohammad Aslam Watanjar
 * Salih Muhammad Zeary
 * Muhammad Ismail Danesh
 * Unclear
 * Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri (believed to be in Kar)
 * Abdul Zahoor Razmjo