Afghan Social Democratic Party was founded on March 8, 1966, by a group of influential bureaucrats associated with the ruling elites.
[5] Ghulam Mohammad Farhad, a German educated Pashtun intellectual, served as the first President of the party.
[7] This has led the Afghan Mellat to be referred to as 'ethno fascist' by observers however the party maintains that it is social democratic.
It is Wakman faction that is currently led by Afghanistan's Finance Minister,[9] Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady, the son-in-law of the NIFA leader Pir Gailani.
Shams-ul-Huda Shams applied for recognition of his party in 2004, but it was under Ajmal Shams, his son, that it achieved official recognition in May 2007 as "Afghan Mellat Milli Motaraqi Gwand – افغان ملت ملي مترقي ګوند" (Afghan National People's Progressive Party).