New Afghanistan Party (Persian: حزب افغانستان نوین, Hezb-e Afghanistan Naween or Naveen) is a political party in Afghanistan led by Yunus Qanuni. The party was founded in 2004, as Qanuni moved away from the National Movement of Afghanistan.

In April 2005 Qanuni took the initiative to form the National Understanding Front of Afghanistan as a broad opposition alliance. The front did however become inactive after a couple of months. In December 2005 an agreement was reached between Qanuni and Burhanuddin Rabbani, and the party and a section of the National Movement of Afghanistan would merge into Jamiat-e Islami. By 2006 there were conflicting reports on whether the merger had actually been effective.[1]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Party candidate Votes % Result
2004 Yunus Qanuni 1,306,503 16.3% Lost Red X

National Assembly elections

Election Party leader Seats +/– Position
2005 Yunus Qanuni
13 / 249
 Increase 13 Increase 3rd
2010
1 / 249
 Decrease 12 Decrease 18th

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • Program for Culture and Conflict Studies. Wardak. US Naval Postgraduate School. Last updated 23 January 2009.


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