The Kurdistan Communist Party/Iraq (Kurdish: حزبي شيوعى كوردستان / عيراق‎, Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي الكوردستاني / العراق‎) is a Kurdish political party, formed in 1993 when the Iraqi Communist Party branch in the Kurdish areas was converted into a separate party. The KCPI Peshmerga is the party’s militia. Peshmerga (Kurdish: پێش مهرگه) is the term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters. Image:Stub.png. You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.