National Understanding Front of Afghanistan (Jabha-ye Tafahom-e Melli-ye Afghanistan) was an alliance of opposition parties

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. It was founded in April 2005, with the intention of jointly contesting elections. It did however become inactive within a couple of months. Yunus Qanuni

Yunus Qanuni

Yunus Qanuni is a politician in Afghanistan. An ethnic Tajik from the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan, Qanuni is the leader of the Afghanistan e Naween political party and former Speaker of the House of the People .-Pre Election...

 was the main leader of the front.

Members of the front were:

• New Afghanistan Party
  New Afghanistan Party
  New Afghanistan Party , 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....
  
  
• People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan
  People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan
  People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan is a political party in Afghanistan, formed after a split in the Hezbe Wahdat. The party is led by Mohammed Mohaqiq....
  
  
• Islamic Rule Party of Afghanistan
  Islamic Rule Party of Afghanistan
  Islamic Rule Party of Afghanistan is a political party in Afghanistan led by Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai. It was formed after a split from the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan just ahead of the 2005 elections. It was however denied registration....
  
  
• Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
  Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
  Islamic Movement of Afghanistan is a political party and former faction of the Afghan Northern Alliance in Afghanistan. The movement is registered as a political party with the Ministry of Justice. From its foundation to 2005, the movement was led by Ayatollah Muhammad Asif Muhsini. The movement...
  
  
• National and Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan
  National and Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan
  National Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan is a political party in Afghanistan led by Muhammad Akbari. Akbari broke away from Hezbe Wahdat when he struck an agreement with the Taliban, offering him a degree of control in Hazara areas ....
  
  
• National Independence Party of Afghanistan
  National Independence Party of Afghanistan
  National Independence Party of Afghanistan is a political party in Afghanistan, led by Taj Muhammad Wardak....
  
  
• Islamic and National Revolution Movement of Afghanistan
• Islamic Organisation "Young Afghanistan"
• National and Islamic Moderate Party of Afghanistan
  National and Islamic Moderate Party of Afghanistan
  National and Islamic Moderate Party of Afghanistan is a political party in Afghanistan, led by Qarabeg Izadyar.At the time of foundation of the party, it was speculated that the party was intended to function as a back-up in case Yunus Qanuni's New Afghanistan Party would have failed to obtain...
  
  
• Peace and National Unity Party of Afghanistan
  Peace and National Unity Party of Afghanistan
  Peace and National Unity Party of Afghanistan is a political party in Afghanistan. The party was founder by a former Islamic Party of Afghanistan commander from Ghor, Abdulqader Emami Ghori....
  
  
• National Unity Party of the Tribes of Afghanistan
  National Unity Party of the Tribes of Afghanistan
  National Unity Party of the Tribes of Afghanistan is a political party in Afghanistan, led by Nasrullah Barakzai....
  
  
• National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan
  National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan
  The party known as National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan is led by Sayed Ishaq Gailani. It supported Hamid Karzai in the 2004 presidential election despite its previous support for the former King Zahir Shah. It is connected with powerful conservative families in the Pashtun region.The NSMA...
  
   (joined in May 2005)

Three individual presidential candidates joined the front, Abdul Hafeez Mansoor, Mir Mahfouz Neda'i and Latif Pedram

Latif Pedram

Abdul Latīf Pedrām , Ph.D., is a politician and a Member of Parliament in Afghanistan. He emerged as a controversial figure in the press and political circles for campaigning for women's personal rights, a taboo subject in Afghanistan's culture...

. But the latter two left after two weeks.