What is the AfD, Alternative for Germany party?

Updated September 25 2017 - 1:18pm, first published 1:08pm

After taking third place in the German federal elections, Alternative for Germany (Alternativ fur Deutschland, or AfD) will be the first far-right party in the Bundestag - Germany's parliament - since the late 1950s. Who are they?

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