Article 221
1– A person who creates, establishes, organizes or administers an organization under the name of party, society, mission or group with the aim of disturbing or nullifying one of the basic and accepted national values in political, social, economic or cultural spheres of the State or makes propaganda for its extension or attraction to it, by whatever means it be, the person shall be sentenced to a long imprisonment of not more than 10 years, in the light of circumstances.
2– If the party, society, mission, or group mentioned in the above paragraph, resorts to use of force or terrorism or other prohibited means to secure its objectives, the person committing it shall be sentenced to continued imprisonment.
3– Provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article shall also apply to any foreigner residing in Afghanistan and any Afghan residing abroad, who creates, establishes, administers or organizes the organizations mentioned in the above paragraphs or a branch of such organization in Afghanistan, even if its headquarters are outside Afghanistan.
4– A person who joins one of the organizations mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article or one of its branches shall be sentenced to the same punishment anticipated in paragraph 1 of this article.
5– A person who for the purpose of achieving illegal objectives establishes relations, himself or through someone else, with the organization mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article or one of its branches, or encourages other to join it, the person shall be sentenced to medium imprisonment, in the light of circumstances.
