[6] The party was founded by General Nur ul-Haq Ulumi, a former member of the Central Committee of the PDPA's Parcham faction,[4] and is a member of the National Coalition of Afghanistan led by Abdullah Abdullah.

[1][2] Ulumi, the party's leader, was elected as an MP for Kandahar Province in 2005, with 13,035 out of a total of 178,269 votes.

The only candidate to receive a higher number of votes was Qayum Karzai, the elder brother of President Hamid Karzai, who received 14,243 votes.

[9] However, Parliament introduced a ban on cabinet minister appointments with dual citizenship.

After renouncing his dual citizenship with the Netherlands, Ulumi was nominated again,[10] and confirmed as Interior Minister on 27 January 2015.