Original Babrak (ببرک) – Afghan Anti-Communist Jihad Propaganda Poster — Original
Country: Afghanistan / Pakistan
Date range: 1981–1985
Object type: Original propaganda poster
Count: 1 poster
Dimensions: 9 × 13.5 in.
Printer / Publisher: Internal Islamic Fronts of Afghanistan
Associated figure: Professor Sayyed Mahmood; Babrak Karmal
Production place: Peshawar, Pakistan
Languages: Dari/Persian, English
Subjects: Babrak Karmal, Soviet-Afghan War, anti-communism, mujahidin, Soviet-backed Kabul regime, hammer and sickle, jihad propaganda
Program / network function: anti-Soviet propaganda, demonization of the Kabul regime, and cross-border distribution through Afghanistan and Pakistan
Production / dissemination: approximately 1,000 copies per design; circulated in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Support network: produced within the wider anti-Soviet insurgent apparatus sustained through U.S. covert action, Saudi matching funds, and Pakistani intelligence channels
An original anti-communist jihad poster issued in Peshawar between 1981 and 1985 by Professor Sayyed Mahmood’s Internal Islamic Fronts of Afghanistan. Recasting Babrak Karmal as a horned communist beast pierced by a sword, it turns the Soviet-backed Kabul regime into a satanic enemy within the wider U.S., Saudi, and Pakistani-backed propaganda apparatus of the anti-Soviet jihad.
Provenance: Acquired from the family of a former diplomat stationed in Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989).
Exhibited in Khajistan: Office of War Information (O.W.I.) at Pioneer Works, New York, May 08 – Aug 09, 2026.
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