Original Farjam-e Iblis (فرجام ابلیس, “The Fate of Iblis”) Afghan Anti-Communist Jihad Propaganda Poster — Original

Title: Farjām-e Iblis (فرجام ابلیس, “The Fate of Iblis” / “The Devil’s End”)
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
Production place: Peshawar, Pakistan
Languages: Dari/Persian, English
Subjects: Soviet-Afghan War, anti-communism, mujahidin, Soviet-backed Kabul regime, hammer and sickle, jihad propaganda, Iblis/Satan imagery
Program / network function: anti-Soviet propaganda, resistance mobilization, 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. Titled Farjām-e Iblis (فرجام ابلیس, “The Fate of Iblis” / “The Devil’s End”), the poster shows a wounded, hammer-and-sickle-marked figure dragging itself through ruins toward a Kremlin-like structure. The title uses Iblis, the Qur’anic figure of Satan, to frame Soviet communism and the Soviet-backed Kabul regime as spiritually corrupt and doomed. It belongs to the propaganda world of the anti-Soviet jihad, with around 1,000 copies of each design circulated across Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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.