United National Front (Afghanistan)
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The United National Front is a political party in Afghanistan which was founded on 3 April 2007 as a broad coalition of former and current strongmen, commanders from the anti-Soviet resistance, ex-Communist leaders, and various social and ethnic groups.[1] [2] Its leader is former President of Afghanistan Burhanuddin Rabbani.
The UNF wants to secure unity in the divided country. It wants to amend the 2003 constitution to allow political parties to stand in elections,[3] to change the electoral system from a single non-transferable vote system to a party-list electoral system and to hold direct elections for provincial governors.[4]
Members include Mustafa Zahir (grandson of former king Mohammad Zahir Shah), ex-defense minister Mohammad Qasim Fahim, parliamentary speaker Yonous Qanooni[5] and former general Abdul Rashid Dostum (who was a bitter opponent of Rabbani in the civil war).[6]
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